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The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-03-17
RACE MIGRATION
FROM THE SOUTH
Views Of d. George {. Haynes
on tho Situation.
FACTORS IN THE MOVEMENT

Social Science Professor at Fisk. Uni
vsrsity Offers Three Important sus-
ssstisns For Meeting New Conditions
Caused by Influx Of colorsd People
From the South to Border States.
The views Of DR.. George Edmund
Haynes on the migration Of colored
people from the south to the border
states In such large numbers are
worthy Of careful consideration. In
his position as professor Of social SCI
ence at Fisk university and as the ex-
ecutive secretary of the National
League on Urban Conditions Among
Colored People DR.. Haynes is amply
prepared to discuss the labor prob
lens affecting our people.
That the movement is by no means
new Ia shown by Haynes article in
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-03-17

his race to own land III that section
Of the country. He made good use Of
his opportunities in every way pos
sible. .e-.
The son imbibed the spirit Of his ia
Their and began life with determine
ton to do something to aid his peo-
pie In their struggle for advancement.
To live in the hearts of his people has
been an effort which has claimed every
minute Of his time. and he has ever
been ready to serve. He has made
good in everything to which he has
put his hands. 1t is not. therefore,
surprising that the United Order Of
Good Shepherds should take such a
prominent place in the affairs Of the
race. Mr.. Chandler has given the
making Of the order his personal at
tention, and 1t now operates In six
states and continues to grow. The To-
cal organizations are called lodges and
fountains.
This is one of the organizations
which are helping the race to climb to
higher things in life Eighteen miles
south Of Selma, Ala, the order owns
800 acres of land, and 500 acres of
this land have been designated for the
widows and orphans Of the order.
while the other is for increasing the
revenue Of the order in order to sus-
tain these widows and orphans. Fifty
families have taken advantage of the
opportunities given them by the order
and are owning good homes. On the
land owned by the order eighty-seven
buildings have been erected. including
one three story brick building, valued
at $4,000, a sawmill, a gristmill and
a shingle mill.
This is q new departure In fraternal
organization among the people, and at
once it appeals to them. Mr.. Chandler
has reached his people, and they think
much of him. He has ever been ready
to encourage any enterprise among the
people. assisting the young men and
women struggling for an education,
because he had to start at the ground
and work up. His father put him on
his own merits. believing that If boy
would make q man he must win his
place and not be fed with silver
spoon. He believed in going right
down and getting 1t from the shoulder
or directly from the brain.
Mr.. Chandler owns beautiful
home, two stories and well furnished.
on one Of the best streets I'm Montgom-
cry. and there resides with his estima-
bile wife and daughter. They are hap
py. and he is spending a life for and
with his people.
The success Of this young man
should be an inspiration to others.
This is a progressive age of doing
things. and the man who sits down
and talks about what he Is going to
be after awhile II he lives and nothing
happens will never make much head
way in America or any other country.
In the Office Of the head of the Unit
ed Order of Good Shepherds are to be
found several of the trained young
people Of the race. Mrs. Sallie Dun
can is chief clerk and secretary. and
In addition are to be found the book
keepers, the stenographers and other
help. Mr.. Chandler has made places
for some Of the young people Of his
race and will provide for others from
time to time.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-03-17

recent issue Of the New York Times.
in which he. In part. says:
The indication Of this movement
since 1880 is shown by the percentage
Of increase Of the Negro population Of
the following nine northern and border
cities: Boston. Greater New York, Phil
adelphia. Chicago. Cincinnati. Evans
vile and Indianapolis. Ind: Pittsburgh
and St. Louis.
The census figures for these nine
cities showed that between 1890 and
1890 the Negro population increased
about 382 per cent. from 1890 to 1900
1t increased about 74.4 per cent and
from 1900 to 1910 about 37.4 per cent
In tho first decade the increase was
more than three times the increase Of
the total Negro population. In the
second period It was more than four
times as large and shows the infu-
ence Of the economic disturbances "f
the periods above mentioned.
The rate Of increase In the southern
cities has. been large. although less
than that Of the northern cities during
the same period. indicating that simi-
lar causes were operating to draw the
colored people to southern cities, al
though these causes were weaker than
those operating In northern cities.
The causes of this movement during
this longer period have been the same
as those affecting the Negro population
in the last few months. The only diff
ference has been the increase In the
volume of the movement because Of
the increase in it's influencing causes
The newspaper discussion Of the ar.
rests, fines and Jail commitments, rest.
lessness of the younger generation OF
Negroes and political calculation may
be given place as individual factors In
the causes for such a movement But
q further sitting Of the facts shows
that at bottom the Negro Is reacting to.
ward certain fundamental conditions
In a similar manner to the response of
other elements in our cosmopolitan
population.
There ia another phase Of the mat.
ter which has not seemed to find much
expression in the public press, and that
il the question Of the best steps to
take In these larger community mat
tiers. Two or three suggestions may
not be out Of place:
First.-Among the Negroes In each Of
ti.se communities may be found indi.
viduals of character and intelligence
who are eager to do everything they
can for the advancement OF their peo-
pie. Public spirited white citizens may
get in touch with these persons
through personal contact.
Second.-These white and colored
citizens can then best help the adjust
ment OF the colored people by coming
together in some form of joint organi.
cation with definite purpose to bene-
ct in the main the colored population.
Third.-This organized effort may
look over the field and agree upon a
definite program of active work along
q few lines such as the community
most seems to need. This program
may include careful study of the liv-
ing and working conditions Of the col
ored people. plan OF publicity and q
plan to keep check on the conduct Of
public officials wherever their duties
touch Negro life.
ADVERTISE HERE, 1T PAYS
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-03-17
THE NEGRO IS AN AMERICAN.
Writer For . New York Paper Advs.
Gates Justice For Our People.

Writer For q New York Paper Advs.
Gates Justice For Our People.
Under the caption aiding the Ne
gro" correspondent of the New York
Herald Of Feb. 20 writes:
"Yes. why can't we have colored
help, with their happy. cheerful faces?
Why must we be always confronted
with squirming foreigners, half Of
whom cannot speak a word Of Eng
fish. and treat you with condescen-
sion which is an insult?
"Why are all the hotels. at least most
Of them. closed to the cOlored people?
Is It because the proprietors are for
eigners and employ their own country.
men! In that case they show more
patriotism than we do. The Negroes
are American: we brought them here.
and We should give them employment
a. sonnet hing hesi''es street cleaning"
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-03-17

ejsIs benson Dies at 12S Years Of Age.
Mrs. Elsie benson Of Brooks county,
Ca. who has recently passed away
In the one hundred and twenty-hfth
year Of her age, was Q landmark In
the county for many years. Her de-
scendants number hundreds and az Tar
back % nve generations. She was .
woman Of sturdy habits, strong consti'
tuition and great faith in the ability
Of the race to make progress In bust.
ness, religion and education. The PEG
ple Of the community and it's environs
win hold memorial services for the
deceased veteran for q whole day. pos.
sibly during the Christmas holidays
when most people Of the rural districts
are at leisure Q week.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-03-17

COLUMBUS X. SlMANGO, MISS MYRTLE
Z. M'LDoD AND FREDERICK D. LAWSON.
this young woman has made All excel
lent record in all departments Of the
Hampton school.
Fred d. Lawson entered Hampton
institute on Sept. 25, 1911. at the age
of seventeen. He began In the lowest
class Of the night school and Is now a
member of the senior class. Lawson
played on the Hampton institute foot
bali team of 1916.
Columbus X. Simango, a product Of
the Mount Silinda Mission school in
southern Rhodesia. entered Hampton
In May, 1916, and has been making a
creditable record in his academic stud.
les and in his industrial work. Siman.
60 recently spoke before the Congrega.
tional convention which met in Tole,
do, O. o. a..r~
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-03-17
Progress Of . West Virginia School.

The West Virginia Collegiate insti-
tute at Institute. w. Va. has a larger
enrolment Of students than at any
other time during its existence. 1t Ia
believed that this increase In numbers
Is due principally to the raising of the
grade of the school to college rank.
Professor Byrd Prillerman IL the pres
ident of the institution. He IL one ct
The most capable and popular educators
In the state. Under his administration
the institute has made great progress
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-03-17

Success Of . Richmond (vs.) Society.
The National Ideal Benefit Society
Of Richmond, Va, DR.. A. w. Holmes.
president. has made great progress
during the year in all departments OF
It's work. 1t will enter the new year.
1917, with a large increase In Its mem.
bership and a sound financial policy.
The success Of the society Ii largely
due to the fact that 1t keeps It's pledge
to the members and pays Its bills.
The Rev. DR.. W. T. JohnSon. pastor
Of the First Baptist church, Richmond.
n ono Of the directors and Q leading
spirit In the membership.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-03-17
FIXING STATUS OF RACES.

ksntuoky's Task Of Distinguishing
White colorsd People From Caucasian.
The following news item in the New
York World, dated Louisville, KY, Dec.
n, relates to the relations between tho
races. The dispatch. according to the
World, says:
"Our grandchildren and great-grand-
children will be marrying persons hav-
Ing Negro blood In their veins unless
Negro births are registered with great
q care" said w. L. Heiser, state regis
trar Of vital statistics, before q meeting
Of Kentucky city and county health Of
6cers here.
Numbers Of Quadroous," said Mr..
Heiser, Cannot be distinguished from
white persons, and the resultant condi.
lions are real peril to Kentucky"
He urged national system Of com.
pulsory registration Of vital statistics.
Local registrars, hs said, should for
The protection Of future white genera.
lions observe the greatest care IN accu-
rately fixing the racial status Of chill.
dren when registered.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-03-17

Forty-0ne women out OF every hun.
dred marry between the ages of TWEEN,
ty and twenty-five.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-03-17

You often hear single man Dragging
that he never made a mistake In his
life. But you never heard a married
man make a crack like that.-Cincin.
natl Enquirer.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-03-17

Pollard 70 Follow Medical Profession.
The name Of Fred Pollard will live
long In athletic annals. He.is the new
est addition to the long list Of athletic
stars among the young men OF our
race. Pollard Is a native Of Chicago
and is twenty one years Of age. he Is
only Eve feet six and One-quarter
inches high and weighs $50 pounds.
He IL q great hurdler as well as foot
ball player. He expects to become a
physician and Is laying at Brown uni
Yersity, Providence. r. l., the fOunda
Ion for future course in medicine.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-12
CARGO LICENSING NOT
TO AFFECT HONOLULU
GREATLY, IS BELIEF

Collector of the Port Malcolm A.
Franklin said today he has received
no instructions from Washington as
yet concerning licensing Of cargoes
under the Espionage Act. 1t is not
believed here that Honolulu will be
much affected by the law, as the only
freight now leaving here for foreign
ports in large quantities is scrap iron
andt canned pines, both CT which gu
tc countries Of the Entente Allies
Japan and Canada. None is shipped
to enemy countries.
Last nights Associated Press des
patches say that all cargo leaving
American ports ate; July Is is af'
footed by the law, and applications
received in Washington yesterday
were for permission 10 make ship
ments which will depart next week.
Under the new Espionage law the
control Of certain shipments is placed
in the department of commerce which
has the power to hear and determine
all facts In each case and whether
the shipments for which permission is
sought shall be permitted. In this
way trading with the enemy is IN
tended to be effectually prevented.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-12
FRENCH OFFICER FINDS
TIDY FORTUNE LEFT BY
COOK WHO WAS GERMAN

PARIS, France.-The equivalent oil
$4,000 in securities recently was
found hidden behind buffet by q
French official who was rearrangfns
the furniture of his apartment. The
little fortune was traced to a German
cook who was employed by the official
and whose excellent attitude since the
was began gained her the privilege OF
remaining IN France.
The police made Inquiries about her
movements recently and she disap'
peared. The official and his habitual
guests were well placed to acquire
confidential information regarding the
national defense. That fact and the
discovery of her. unsupported wealth
led to the suspi lion that the cook
might have been in communica ton
with the enemy. The fortune has
been sequestrated
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-12

the United States when war was de-
clared on Germany in April She is
a magnificent big vessel Of 2723 gross
and 2544 net tons, formerly owned b.
Knohr & Burchard She is much big
ger and longer than the John Ena. an,I
has very graceful lines. The vessel "
painted gray and her new name is In
big white letters on her bows. The
Red Jacket Is the first ex-German sail
ing vessel 70 arrive here flyinE tho
American flag.
The bark Flying Cloud. ex-Ottawa
OF San Francisco. another Of the ex,
German sailing vessels now flying OlG
Glory and the property Of the shipping
board, is only two net tons smaller
than the Red Jacket.
Another ex-German sailing ship is I 4
days out today from San Francisco for
Honolulu. She Is the Northern Light
Captain Allen Of the Columbia says
there is evidently plenty OF coal at
Nanaimo. The Red Jacket was loaded
when he arrived and his own schooner
got her cargo in II hours. The Colum,
bia towed the ex4German steamer
honeymoon from her to Seattle in IL
and half days. The Columbia expects
to be here At least q week before start.
ing back to the Sound with the Red
Jacket In tow.
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LORD NORTHCLIFFE Warns U.S..
AGAINST EVILS OF CENSORSHIP

machinery in the construction OF air,
planes
The war, which has proved the eff
cacy OF motor transport to an almost
incredible degree, will make tire
mendous drain upon the automobile
industry in your country. For ona
thing. the great bulk Of automobile
factories output will have to be con
centrated on trucks. The automobile
factories will inevitably be comman
deered for the manufacture Of airplans
parts and airplane construction gen
orally.
In the airplane lies one great hope
Of allied victory. The war has taught
that the .airplane engine OF spring may
be almost useless for actual fighting
by the next autumn, so rapid are the
developments produced by the fierce
competition Of war.
chautfeurs Needed
When America has got her full
stride in the war it will be found that
there will be a tremendous demand
for chauffeurs. England today has
nearly a hundred thousand motor
trucks in France and is constantly
sending more. Every one Of these
trucks must be manned by a trained
driver. II skilled chauffeurs can be
sent to operate your trucks, IL will
be possible to release adequate num-
bers of men for the fighting lines.
have a strong conviction that witt:
peace will come a close federation OF
the nations who Ese now fighting the
great fight for freedom. You have
only to look at the spectacle Of what
I might call the United Nations OF
Great Britain today to see the effect
that the war has upon the corordina-
ton Of peoples and nations Of widely
conflicting temparaments and nationa'
structures.
You see democratic Australia, a
near.socialistic New Zealand, q vast
country like India with its feudal
princetains and other rulers; free
Canada and what Is nothing less than
the republic Of South Africa, all pour.
ing their blood and treasure upon the
battlefields Of France, linked by .
common feeling of empire and sustain
ed by a common hope of liberation
from the mill.arism that sought to
dominate the world.
A close federation of the nations
now fighting the good fight will be
the only insurance against the au.
tocracy that made this war possible
and the horrors that the armies Of the
autocrat perpetrated on innocent non.
combatants. The world must be mads
free for democracy.
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FIRST EX.GERMAN Sailing VESSEL
7OARRIVE, RED JACKET, IS HERE

when the Z. s. shipping boards
steam schooner Columbia and the ez
Garman bark Red Jacket get their Goa
lgoes discharged, the Columbia viii
load o full csreo Of canned pines, 200
tons. for Seattle, her master, Capt. G,
Z. Allen, said toGay.s
The Red Jacket, which was formerly
the German four mastec bark Dalbek
came into port this morning, towed in
By the Matson ting Intrepid, ana was
berthed at Pier Is, to lie there until
the Columbia 10 through dischargins
coal ut the InteT-Island coal wharf
Pier 9. She viii then move ont and
begin loading canned pines while the
Red Jacket discharges her coal. The
Columbia VIII tow the Red Jacket back
to. Puget Sound, although the bark has
q fun outfit OF canvas and could sail =
necessary.
Coal brought by the Columbia is 205d
tons and by the Red Jacket, which the
steam schooner towed here from M
Ilaiino, 3. C., IN Il days and hours.
1915 tons. The Red Jacket, ex-Dalbek
has been q refugee vessel in Astoria
Tor four years. She had been there
some months awaiting q charter when
the European war broke out and
stayed ever since, until taken over by
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need Of EDUCATION OF JAPANESEN
POLITICS SHOWN BY LASTELECT|ON

eral Staff Office and sell them to for
eign agents they are committing a
serious treachery against their coun
try, they seem not to think 1t q crime
If they sell their votes. Hereafter
shall endeavor to educate our people
in politics, both with my tongue and
pen"
He said that the adoption Of o uni,
versal franchise system would be one
way Of saving the country from corrup'
ton, yet feared that universal fran.
chise would do no more than lower the
price of each vote. Mr. Ozakf voiced
the opinion that the giving Of votes 10
the educated classes, including gradu.
ates from middle or higher schools,
irrespective Of property or tax quail
fications, would be one remedy for
existing corruption. n - @'t
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NEW YORK, y Y, June 2S-Lord
Northcliffe, British high commissioner
to the United States, in an address to
magazine editors and writer's at a
luncheon here today expressed the
hope that the United States would
not muddle the censorship as Eng
land did the first three years OF the
war The luncheon was given by
Isaac F. Martosson, who has Just re-
turned from the war. Lord North
cliffe said:
America can and will do q ire
mendoas part in this war. first. be-
cause she 10 fresh, and second, be-
cause. she undoubtedly will profit
by the mistakes OF nations who have
been fighting since August 1914. What
the war needs more than anything
else Is brains and speed,
Il trust that the United States will
not make the censorship blunder that
England made, and which is just be-
coming an evil Of the past England
wa5 kept in the dark for nearly three
years. The people were blinded by
the fatuous optimism Of soldiers aud
politicians, who, while efficient In
peace, were incompetent in war. The
people were not permitted to know the
truth. and when the truth finally
emerged out Of costly blunders and
sacrifices they we're loath to accept
Il.
Il hope that America may permit
her newspaper and magazine writer's
to be absolutely frank about what is
going on. II Is as important for the
nation to know the worst as 1t Is for
the nation to know the best For one
thing-and we have found it out from
actual experience-it is a great slim
illus for the men fighting in the field
to know that they are being written
about at home and that the country
they are fighting for knows precisely
what they are doing.
Patriotic Services
Every man with a pen ii hand and
o printing press near by can do a
patriotic service to his country by
awakening his people to the fact that
this war is just beginning, and that
every ounce Of energy, that every
revolution of Americas vast indus
trial machine will be needed to bring
the war to a successful end -
It IL only by an absolute mobiliza-
ton OF man power ard machine power
that this war can be won. Industries
that at this moment seem remote from
mobilization for, the war will sooner
or later be called upon to do their
part. In Europe, for example, one OF
the largest corset factories is now
turning out; very delicate. pieces Of
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TOXIC, Japan.-That the results d
the recent election which gave a ma
jority to the government parties show
the urgent need Of the education Of the
people In politics is the opinion Of Yu
kio. ozalri, Japan's great progressive
who has been faboring for constita'
tional progress.
In an interview he declared that the
elections convinced him that, under
the present election law in Japan.
money Is more powerful than speech,
and that this means that every patrio-
tic Japanese must strive for the revi'
sion Of the election Jaws.
Mr.. Ozaki is quoted a. charging the
government with resorting to corrupt
practises. He added: at is strange
that while our people know well that If
they steal secret maps from the Gen