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The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-05-01

The unfortunate result of the action
of the enemies of Mr.. Glover Shull is
that the Negro tenants in the Boston
Block will have to vacate. This was
caused by a claim that the Porters'
& Walters Club was disgrace to that
section of Hennepin Ave. If it were
a disgrace it would have been such in
any section. We know of the desire
of property owners to bring about
segregation and such rot appeals to
their passions and prejudices. The
petition or appeal has not been sue
sessful in removing the club, but has
caused the innocent to suffer. The F..
Peoples Real Estate Co., Mr.. J. M.
Morris, and the McDew Barber Shop
are affected. This was a convenient
location in white business section.
Grating agitators always overdo
things. Did they need do this to get
Shull?" Did they place the weapon
of prejudice in another's hands?
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-05-01
ROOSEVELT IS RIGHT.

Hon. Theodore Roosevelt once said,
that he would drive out of the Repub-
lican party, those who sought to cor
rupt the principles of that party. He
has nearly completed the job. Mr..
Barnes has committed political suicide,
and is a sadder but wiser man. His suit
has given Mr.. Roosevelt a chance to
tell about "the invisible government
and to reinstate himself among honest
Republicans. He is the greatest
statesman in the world today, and his
political enemies and the Wilson ad-
ministration are contributors to his
future greatness. We are familiar
with the conditions which brought
about this suit, and though two lead
ing characters, Sen. Platt and 1t. Gov
Woodruff are gone-they have left
records strewn, which tell why Roose-
welt was shelved for the vice presi-
dency-and those living bear witness
that Teddy was the real Governor OF
New York, who respected and invited
the support of clean organization,
but would not be subjected to the
dictates of political leaders. The Ne
gro race is indebted to him for many
appointments in high government po-
sitions, and he had many loyal friends
in the Progressive party. The signs
of the times show unity in the Repub-
lican ranks next year-and whether
there will be a Progressive party is
uncertain, but it is certain that the
Republicans will surely adopt the
Progressive principles as the main
planks in their platform as the cry
of the people is for clean government
Mr.. Roosevelt is due credit for the
publication of the Republican party.
The Negro had become a great suf-
ferer because of the corruption within
its ranks. They need Roosevelt to-
day in the white house. His dinner
with DR.. Washington was significant
even If, as Mr.. Dooley says, "the
silver was counted afterwards" It is
a standard against race discrimina-
ton and no attempt would be made to
humiliate Negro employees, when the
president had recognized their polit-
ical equality. We are ashamed be-
cause our friends, white and black,
suffer because of thoughtless agita-
tors, such as would-be leaders. The
Star was and is for the things
that Roosevelt stand for, and will be
while there is every reason to believe
that Roosevelt is right.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-05-01
An Island Wilderness.

Andors island. among the Bahamas.
Is ninety miles In length and twenty
to forty miles in breadth and most Of
its extensive area has never been ex-
plored. It is an unbroken wilderness.
pinhabited solely by about $500 negroes.
It has great forests. seldom penetrated
by white men. Of mahogany. mastic.
ebony. logwood and cedar; swamps.
creeks and bayous teeming with wild
fowl. including the Hamingo. which is
found here in vast numbers. No real
effort has been made to exploit its re-
sources. 1t is said to be the only one
of the Bahamas which has running
streams of water and is surrounded
by series of barrier reefs which pro-
vide sheltered water ideal for yachting.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-05-01
THE NEW GOVERNOR.

The Editor of the Twin City Star
and Attorneys VIM. r. Morris and
Brown S. Smith were asked to censo,
the photoplay "The New Governor .
The Editor of the Star approved the
pictures as shown at the Strand
Theatre in this city. Officer Thos p
Gleason, the official censor of the
police department, had authority from
Mayor Nye to suppress the pictures
If the above committee so de.
sired. Mr.. Gleason Is a big hearted
broad minded. unprecedented American
He would have nothing shown to
cause illfeeling among the races. His
record Is too we'll known for COM
ment. "The New Governor" was
shown, and there was some COM
plants from leading Negroes. The
Editor of the Star goes on record as
being chiefly responsible for its ap-
pearance In this city. The other
gentlemen can speak for themselves
We do not care how strong the
criticism here or the agitation abroad
We have no apologies to make. and
have evidence and argument for our
defense. "The Birth of Nation" has
been warned not to book In this city
Mr.. Gleason has several clippings 10
show the feelings in other localities
We strongly protested against the re-
mark made by late A. Smith, then
county attorney. "that the Johnson
Jeffris fight pictures would be stopped
because they showed a "nigger" beat
ing white man" We took issue and
used this remark against him in his
campaign. We respected the attitude
of Mayor HAYNES, who did not wish
to bring about race feeling and for
that reason would not permit the pic
lures 1t Is deplorabie that so much
he'll is raised about pictures anyway
We have some needle pointed discrim.
inators, who are prejudiced because
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-05-01
HOW LYNCHING ENDANGERS
SAFETY OF UNITED STATES
illegal Taking Of Human Life Only
Praetioed by UneiviIized Persons.
By BRUCE GRIT"

Lynching is defined by the lexicog.
raphers as that form Of lawlessness
which defles the regularly constituted
authorities and nullifies their powers
to act by depriving them Of the oppor
tunity to do so whenever and wher.
ever a person has violated written or
unwritten law Of those states in when
Judge Lynch is supreme.
1t does not apply to all crimes, MOI
is it now operative in all the states
Of the Union. In majority of the
southern states and in eleven north.
ern states since the war. Of the rebel.
lion It has assumed dangerous pro-
portions and become a menace rather
than a protection to society. Its meth
DDS are too drastic and brutal and sa-
vor too much Of the alleged customs
and practices Of uncivilized and bar.
barous peoples to command the favor
Of those who love justice and right,
eOusness and who necessarily hate all
forms Of lawlessness, Of which this
form Is the most reprehensible and
most dangerous, in that it affects the
character and the moral standing Of
those who tolerate or encourage It.
There never was and there never
can be, while there are courts and
judges to administer the law, a valid
excuse for the lynching of any human
being. No nation. no community that
excuses, condones or encourages this
detestable method Of Furnishing real or
imaginary violations Of the criminal
and moral law can justly lay claim
to being civilized.
A people are great only when they
are willing and ready to yield respect,
obedience and homage to the laws by
which they have consented to be gov
erned. When irresponsible men in the
heat Of passion defy these laws and
become a law unto themselves, as In
some recent lynchings by mobs. the
danger to the safety Of the republic
is not past
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-05-01
MAKING NEGRO LIVES
COUNT.

Prof. w. S. Dodd appeared before
several prominent audiences in the in
terest of Hampton Institute, the oldest
industrial school in America, during
past week. He is soliciting funds and
hopes to raise money to give scholar
ships for Negro girls and boys. Capt.
Allan Washington and Mr.. F. A.
Whipple accompanied by a Negro
ouartette formed the Hampton party.
with moving pictures of the school
and the extension work done by stu
dents. Mr.. Dodd in his remarks said,
that Hampton is human manufac-
tory taking in the crude product and
turning out the finished product, keep
ing a record of where they went and
what they accomplished. He spoke
of Hampton Service. 1t has done a
great service to tho white race, their
methods being copied in America and
Africa. Your local institution Din
widdie Inst. copies Hampton methods
The Chinese government sent repre-
sentatives to this country with instruc-
tons to spend two days at other in
stitutions, but week at Hampton He
told of the need of funds, there being
over IL millions of Negroes and said
ct is the white mans problem to make
their lives better, and unless your
do something for them they are going
to do you. Hampton puts humanity
above the races. There is no invest
ment in the world that pays greater
than in human life. We must help
them to have better homes, better
houses, to be better citizens. The quar-
tette rendered several selections, such
as II couldn't hear nobody pray"
"Good Night the Chariot's coming"
1--WE are walking in the Light" "Lis'n
to the Lambs" and "Old Kentucky
Home" While in the city they ap-
peared at the Athletic Club, St. Marks
Parish House, Westminster Church,
Minnesota Federated Club rooms
They did not have any engagements
in Negro churches. We would like to
have proper advance notices OF the
coming of representatives of our race,
and deplore this segregation, as there
are a few dollars left among our own
people also a reluctance to attend
white gatherings by many who love
} to hear the folklore songs and to see
the advancement of their people. The
quartette composed of Messrs. c. H.
Tynes, LIST Tenor, J. A. Bailey, End
Tenor, S. E. Phillips, LIST Bass, J. H.
Wainwright, End Bass, is very good
They are making tour of the mid
die west through the states of Indiana,
Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Kansas,
Missouri and Nebraska, and are en-
route eastward.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-05-01
The First Victim.

Chief Justice Doherty used to relate
an experience which befell him during
a visit to country house in Ireland.
His friend. the host, sent car to the
railway station to bring him to the
place. He had not gone far when the
horse became restless and finally up
ret the car into ditch. The judge
asked the driver how long the animal
had been in harness.
"Half an hour. sur"
81 mean how long since he was first
put In harnessT
"Shure. rye tould you-half an hour,
sur" answered the driver "An' the
masther said If he carried We safe he'd
buy him."-Pittsburgh Chronicle-Tele-
graph.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-05-01

they are ignorant. Our advice is to
get out in the broad sunlight of in
telligence and see the good in every
thing. Those who remain in the dark
caves of ignorance and exist on
fabrications and suspicious are their
races worst enemies. We pay too
much attention to the abstract things
of life. Don't worry about the race
and its future. Do your dutyi It is
individual work and worth that
counts. The future of any race de-
ponds upon the effort and integrity of
its individuals. Act well your part
and the race will be better because of
your contribution to civilization and
humanity. lis
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-05-01
Heredity.

Fond Parent-That youngster Of mine
Is beginning already to have the fam
lily traits. You know we gave him a
stop watch for birthday present.
Friend-Yes. Fond Parent-Well. sir;
within half an hour Of the time be
first got hold of that timepiece he had
found bowl of water and put 1t In
soak. -Richmond Tunes dispatch.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-05-01

Many complaints are coming from
the laborers who have formerly been
employed on the asphalt pavements.
We regret that they have not taken
advantage of their rights under civil
service. We have often called the at
tention of those who seek city en-
ployment to these conditions. At the
last examination for personal property
assessors not Negro applied.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-05-01
THE MORAL PHASE OF NEGRO
LIFE.
Home Training Most Important.
Says Miss Mamie II. Burroughs.

Home Training Most Important.
Says Miss Mamie H. Burroughs.
The moral phase of the Negro
problem is the most serious part of
the whole aggravating question. To
improve the standard of the life of the
masses is the only solution.
As with other races, the standards
in the homes are set up by the women
who preside over them. Therefore
to bring about a reform the woman
hood of the race must be taught
how to instruct their children in
those virtues, that have made the
most advanced races what they are.
We are prone to think that the
Negro Is by nature religious and
therefore moral. He Is both; but he
is not enough of either when it comes
to living up to fundamental principles
every day life. Because of his crude
conception of what the Christian re-
ligion really is he too often practices
one thing and breaches another.
Often the foremost woman in the
church is so far from a model for her
less ambitious sisters that they look
with contempt upon her and dis
credit religion. This misrepresenta-
ton of the genuine article takes many
forms and sometimes the one woman
is a combination of all. She allows
beer drinking, card playing, and rag
time music in her home. She is loose
in her conversation. Her language is
often smutty. Her demeanor be-
comes a woman of the street. Her
home is a hangout for sliding elders"
and loafing, hungry preachers. Her
house is poorly kept. Her children
are too young to be men and wom-
en- and too old to be children. They
are therefore, the freshest things in
the neighborhood. They run the
church. They sit in the front heat,
chew gum, talk and keep their gang"
giggling. To speak to them is to
throw a match into a magazine of
powder.
These wise and talented youngsters
of the leading sisters, get into the
choir and start trouble for the Choir
listers. They get religion and start
trouble for the deacons. These chill
dren of too many of those who aspire
to leadership in our local churches
presume too much on the standing
and influence of their mothers and
give our churches all kinds of trouble.
What we need is a new type of
women in our homes as mothers,
and new type of women in our
churches as leaders and examples for
the young.
The wig wearing, gum chewing,
beer smelling, mouth running, street
trotting, home neglecting, convention
fever type of women are out of style,
and from them may we soon be de-
livered.
The Worker.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-05-01
staIwart Friends Of the Negro Race

etalwart Friends Of the Negro Race.
The Hon. Harry @. Smith, editor Of
the Cleveland tOJ Gazette, in speaking
Of the great work in behalf Of justice
for the colored people. as shown by
Congressman Martin B. Madden and
Dr.. Joel q. Spingarn, says:
again we doff our cap to the Hon.
Martin b. Madden Of Chicago and DR..
Joel d. Spingarn Of New York city.
They are lighting friends-the very
kind we so greatly need. May their
kind increase rapidly. and more power
to them"
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-05-01
CHARACTER.

Character is moral order embod-
led in the individual. Men Of char
acter are not only the conscience Of
society. bu. in every wez governed
state they are its best motive power.
for it n moral qualities in the main
which rule the world.-Samuel
Smlea
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-05-01
Oldest Business. Enterprise. unit..

Oldest Business Enterprises Unite.
The Union Mutual association. with
home office at Atlanta. Ga, has been
combined with and absorbed by the
Atlanta Mutual Insurance association.
Of which A. F. Herndon Is president
and 7. K. Gibson secretary. These
two companies are among the oldest
and largest in the state. and the COM
bined organization represents one Of
the strongest enterprises conducted by
the race.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-05-01
Ejuures of Speech.

''Of what mathematical term does
marriage remind your
Multiplication Of course"
Fright. And divorcer' ...
"Why, division" -....a ...
Certainly. What term, then, would
you apply to grass widowhoodT
81 suppose that would have to be
called an improper fraction."-Rich-
mond Times Dispatch.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-05-01

Conditions here do not warrant any
encouragement for strangers seeking
employment. The railroads, hotels,
etc. have full quota of men, and
there is surplus among the iaboring
class. "Times are dull" Is the cry,
and It Is hard to got employment.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-05-01
At His Best.

Blobbs = The doctor told Guzzler
drinking was the very worst thing he
could do. Slobbs-I guess that doctor
didn't know Guzzler or he would have
realized that drinking Is the best thing
he d0es.-Philadelphia Record
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-05-01
HI,torv STORY T.IIinu Assooistloo.

History Story Telling Association.
To preserve the history Of the Negro
race and present 1t in a national and
systematic manner Is the purpose of
the Afro-American History Story Tell
ing association. organized quite recent.
b In Washington.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-05-01

Y The struggle for today, is not al
together for today; 1t Is for q vast
future.-Abraham Lincoln.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-11
REPORT ON TEMPLE
Dramatic Order. knights of khorassnn,
HOlds Session Tonight.

Reni-Mora Temple, No. 1873, Dramatic
order. knights OF khorassan. will meet
Tonight AT $50 o'clock with Marshall
Lodge. No. IL, knights of Pythias in
Lee Camp Hall Marshall Lodge will
mold short executive session. after
which the hall will be turned over TO
the "Dokies." Royal NiZier Major
Charles -. Saville requests all votaries
10 be on hand. as the committee on halls
is expected 10 make report that a
permanent home has been secured for
the temple.
The temple expects to hold a cere-
monial session in June. when the off,
GERS and dramatic staff will be robed In
now regalla.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-11
COURTS SLOW TO ADOPT
PROGRESSIVE IDEAS
Their Extenstse Practice In Harking
Back to Archaic Common Law
Criticized.
LEAN TO SIDE OF CAPITAL
Chief Justice Clark, OF North Car
DINA Supreme Court, and Edgar
NJ. Cullen Testify Before Industrial
Relations Commission.

WASHINGTON. May 10.-Law In It's
ana capital was taken up here to-day
by the Federal Industrial Relations
Commission. Comment and criticism
directed against courts and statutes
were voiced BY Walter Clark. chief JUS
tice OF the Supreme Court of North
Carolina; Edgar NJ. Cullen, retired chief
Justice OF the New York State Court
of Appeals. and Gilbert f. Roc, New
York lawyer.
Justice Clark and Mr.. Roe both crit
icized the extensive practice of the
courts in barking back to the archaic
common law of centuries ago, in de-
Gliding cases arising under circum-
stances OF which the common law knew
nothing. Economic conditions and
common sense, Justice Clark declared
should govern cases where there is no
statute law or where the statute law
is not clear
Mr.. Roe referred to recent decisions
of the Supreme Court as "Drcd Scott
decisions of the labor war" and de-
spread distrust and agitation
Justice Clark was the first witness
called in the commissions investiga-
ton OF the relation between labor and
the law.
What is responsible for the ap-
parent reluctance OF laboring men as
individuals and labor organizations to
submit issues to the courts?" Justice
Clark was asked
My observation is" he replied. that,
as rule, the courts are slow to adopt
progressive economic ideas ard adj
vance legislation enacted. Courts or
dinar!ly arc composed of elderly men,
Most Of them. s lawyers. have been
employed by great corporations. and
when they reach the bench they are
unconsciously biased by the views they
held At the bar"
How can this be modihed?"
Only by the slow process Of educa-
ton and development OF public opin-
ion. AS older men pass away. their
places on the bench may be taken by
younger men. imbued with progress
sive ideas of the time"
Justice Clark referred to child
labor decision in North Carolina, in
which he held n corporation RESPONSE
bic for injury 10 an eight-year- old
child.
This decision was in advance Of
existing law" he said, but 1 took the
ground that VIC must consider economic
conditions. and decide II on the ground
OF justice and common sense"
The witness said he disagreed with
principles underlying the Danbury hat
tcrs decision. and similar cases recent
~ decided. He declared labor should
have the same right to organize that
capital has. and that there is no rea
son why labor should be held collcc-
lively responsible"
"usurpation OF power by the courts
or any department of government" he
added. us justifable cause for UNI
rest among any sovereign people"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-11
CAMPAIGN TO DISSEMINATE
PEACE IDEAS IN SOUTH
Representatives OF Carnegie Endnw-
mcnt Announce Plans to- BE Car
ried On In Next Few Months.

NEW YORK. May lo.-Representa-
tives of the Carnegie Endowment for
international Peace announced to-day
the endowment would undertake dur
ing the next few months n widespread
campaign to disseminate throughout
the United states international infor-
nation in the interest Of peace. Spc-
cial efforts will be made to cover the
southern and Middle Western States.
a dozen skilled debaters from COL
leges have been engaged to deliver
peace addresses from 1900 Chautauuua
platforms. Hamilton Wright Mabie.
Rabbi Stephen S. Wise. Hamilton Holt
and :. Parkes Cadman are among those
who will speak at summer peace meet
ings.
Specialists from the Harvard. Yale.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-11
ROOSEVELT SIDE RESTS. AFTER
FOURTEEN DAYS OF BATTLE

The Roosevelt side rested at 3
o'clock, after fourteen days of battle.
The last few hours were spent in In
Producing printing bills from tho
Albany Journal for work done for tho
county. Henry J. Home. the printing
expert Of Columbia. examined some Of
the books done under Journal con-
tracts and said they cost 45 per cent
more than they should have cost
AS Justice Andrews's ruling is in
terpreted by Roosevelt lawyers, they
need not prove any criminal act on
the part of Barnes to justify the Col
onefs attack. 1t must be remembered.
or course. that the rulings are merely
on whether or not the testimony goes
no" 10 the jury. The Barnes side has
still an opportunity to rebuff all that
mas been said. AND host of witnesses
TO cndcavor to do SO. OF these. former
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-11

Columbia. Princeton and other large
institutions OF learning have been en-
gagged TO lecture in nearly seventy uni
versities. colleges and normal schools
on international law and relations,
South American affairs and Spanish
conditions.
The endowment will cooperate with
the summer training schools OF the
Young Mems Christian Association.
Forty college clubs for promotion OF
international Dolity have been organ
iZcd by endowment representatives and
have received supplies OF literature.
The endowment has engaged seventy
professors from thirty-nve American
colleges to aid Norman Angel in the
conduct of a summer school Of inter-
national polity at Ithaca, " Y.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-11
Fail to Secure Licenses.

business and professional men to the
number OF S23 have failed to pay their
city license taxes according TO re-
port from the Office of the commits
sioner OF revenue. The commissioner
appeared in Police Court yesterday and
at once began preparations for sum-
moDing the delinQuents to court. The
number is more than 100 in excess of
that OF last year Unless the taxes are
paid before the summonses are issued
the delinquents will be hailed to court
and fined each day until they have Sc
cured their licenses