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New Law is A

Blemish On In

telligence Next Lesgislature May Pass

, A Law Prohibiting Negroes

From Wearing An? Style of

Clothes, Shoes or Hats Fhai

Whiti Folks Wear

OKLAHOMA CITY, April 1 Gover

nor Williams signed twcnty-slx of tho

bills on his desk Among tliem was

tho Jim Crow Telephone Hoolli 1)111.

Another to bo approved was tho lrrlgn

tlon.Jaw that is designed to encourago

tho formation of Irrigation districts,

lie also signed tho resolutions provid

ing for submission of amendments to

tho constitution at tho election In

191C.

Tho above Is tho result of soma of

tho useless and foolish works of tho

fifth legislature and shows beyond n

reasonable doubt that tho majority of

tho members of both houses aro ery

small and narrow minded. Tho tele

phone booths aro mado for only ono

person at n time and so far as wo

know no whlto person has over been

contaminated by using tho booths nftcr

a Colored person. "What fools theso

mortals bo."

Annual Sermon ol

K. Ps. Preached

ByKev. Brewer

The K. of I'. annual sermon was

preached hero last Sunday lu tho

Dreamland Theatre on North Green

wood by Kov. W. L. Ilrewer pastor of

tho C. M. B. church. Tho celebration

was marked by an Imposing dress pa

rniln of nil the dotiartmcnts of tho

order which uttractcd much attention.

Kov. Grower's sermon In part was

as follows:

Master of Ceremonies, Sir Knights

nf I'vtlilnna and Court of Cnlanthc,

and many frjends with greetings of

Joy I hall you, from tho Old World

and from tho New. From N. A., S. A.

Europe Asia, Africa and Australia.

I am glad Indeed to participate In

this grand celebration and woudorful

proclamation of a truo and tried fr.end

ship of 13ro. Damon and Pythias, for

ho Is myfrlcnd.

"A friend In need Is n friend In

deed." Tho mcnnlng of a truo and

tried friend, ono who Is truthful and

honest with all mankind, with his

fellowmcn; ho who will divide n mor

sol of bread fr ely. No night U too

drak no season too cold no rain too

heavy no sun too hot to debar a

friend jriti thr r pcuo of a friend.

Damon f.-id 1'ytUlaa, havo proven n

friendship that no others havo proen

a friendship that will stand when

columl Veerd onco has crumbled and

the glitter of tiled arlstrocracy has

faded in that ho offered up his life

upon tho gallons or his neck for tho

gullatono for his brother, on tho day

of execution to within threo minutes

of that fatal moment

To proo tho test of a truo K. of P.

seo tho book of Daniel 3hr chapter, 16

25th verses.

Thcro is quite a contrast between

a member of nn order and a truo

friend of an order, Jesus tells of those

wind of frlendB on tho night thut ho

was arrested, Matt 23 chapter SO CS

verses.

Jesus on tho cross; llko Pythias on

tho qutlatln, spell bound death, and

took the soul of a thief to help hm

bear tho cross into Paradlso, Luko 23

chapter 42-43 verses.

Ho Is the Supremo Grand Chancelor.

lie Is my friend, our God Is able

to deliver us, stneo he delivered Pnul

and Silas who .woro bound In Jail.

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NEGRO TIES THE

WORLD'S RECORD.

CHICAGO, March 26 Sol liutler of

Rock Island, negro nthlt-to who last

year tut Hutchinson. Kan., on tho

may by his exploits, tied the world's

record for the s xly yard dBsh to

night In the preliminary tryouU of

the sixth annual Indoor Interscholas

lie meet of Northwestern university.

Uutler defeated Patton of Knglewood,

unking the Cu yards In six and two

fifths seconds.

The Lantern Quits

Business

FRATERNAL PAPER PUBLISHED

IN MUSKOGEE GOES OUT OF

EXISTENCE.

Tho "Lantern" a fraternal paper

published nt Muskogee lias "folded up

lis tents llko the Arabs and as silent

passed away" according to reports rfo

cp ved at this office from Muskogee.

The paper was, supported mainly by

tho U. II. P. organization of tills sloto

of which order P. M. Selnncy is tho

pres'dlng head, and it was thought

had a good following. Just why the

'I.nntorn" went under is not known,

but doubtless was because of bad man

igcincnt. W. II. Carter who at ono

time worked for the Star, had been

in chargo of the paper for nearly a

year or longer.

Rob Lincoln to

Testify at Po

ters Hearing

CHICAGO, Mardi SO. Robert Lin

nn unn tyf Ahrnhmii Lincoln, oninn.

clpntor of the Annritan negro and

himself chairman of the board of di

rectors of the Pullman company, ono

of tho largest employi rs of negroes hi

tho United btnies, is to appear hi mo

hearing here next Monuay ui mo m

m fnmmiuuinn nn inausmai rem

llnni Mr t.lnoiilii Ih to tell of the

conditions under which car porters

employed by tno company ore com

pelled to work.

Tho commission desire to discuss

with Mr. I, ncoln the nuettlon of sal

aries paid the porters, commonly at

tributed to bo the reason for the cus

tom of tipping, and tho likelihood of

tho tips tmvlug a dibailng effect on

tho negroes.

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SUCCESSOR TO THE MUSKOGEE STAR

United Order f Odd F How- And The Kn yh;s And Ladies of

lULSA, OKLAHOMA SATURDAY,

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Launch Big Campaign

POPULAR WOMEN TO WORK TOR

LIBRARY! WILL GIVE ENTER

TAINMENT AND OTHERWI8E

HELP TULSA'S COLORED READ

ING ROOM.

The Colored Library of this city,

which Is loented in tho lobby of the

Tulsi tar, has becomo to bo n favor

ite "loaflugholt" for tho rending pub

lic of the Host i:nd, but the limited

number of books now on tho shelves

malum It nrcossary that new books be

purchased to meet the demands of the

patrons of this worthy Institution

wwhlch was stalled moro than two

years ago by J. 1). Stradford of this

city. Por n long tlmo tho burden of

carrying this Institution was should

ered by Mr. Stradford, who gavo his

time and money to glvo tho colored

peoplo of Tulsa a crrdltnblo library

nnd rending room. On ono occasion

he rented tho Grand Theatro and en

gaged n talented young woman of Mus

kogeo and others with soma homo

talen lo furnish an entertainment for

tho benefit of this library. On the

nccotmt of Inclement weather, how-

over, not moro than half n dozen

tickets wero sold and Mr. Stradford

lost about $75 00. This Is only a small

part of tho expense, he hns borno to

give the colored peoplo of Tulsa the

benefit of a library. Ho finally Inter

ested Mayor Wooden and thru him

the c ty commissioners wero persuad

ed to glvo $10.00 a month which paid

only for ono half of tho salary of tho

librarian Mr. Stradford had employed.

Whatever the library is now or will

be In the future, Mr. Stradford Is en

titled to the credit. Ho has certainly

done moro than his part to mnko pos

sible this Institution and every good

elt'zen should lovo htm for what ho

has done for his peoplo.

With the knouledgo of theso things

before them two good women of this

city, in the porsons of Mrs. Sula Dud

ley nnd Mrs. A. L. Phillips, have de

cided to start n campaign for the bono

fit of the colored library nnd they will

expect the hearty support of tho gen

oral citizenship of Tulsa.

Theso ladles aro slncero In their

offortg to promote tho library and tho

man or woman who would for any

reaonn withhold their support from

them is not worthy of their room in

Tulsa. A series of public entertain

ments will bo given In tho lobby of

the Star 'office and other placos to

raise funds with which U, buy now

books nnd better equip tho library.

Let every good citizen cheerfully re

spond. SPECIAL INFORMATION

Please Read Carefully and Remember

Hereafter tho following rates will bo

strictly adhered to in all publications

wnicii c-omo under tueso beads:

i Wedding announcements $l;r0

Wedding write-ups J2:G0 up

liusiness announcements

Card of Thnnks

Memorials

Obituaries

$1:00

DOC

COc up

60c up

Social write-ups (when long lists of

names are given) per lino counting six

words to tho lino So

APRIL 3, 1915.

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Little Girl S .vereh

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Mttio Vivian Scott, the grand dm

;hter of Mr. nnd Mrs W. II Hudson

60S II. Archer was severely burned

about the face, arms and hips Wed

nosday night when her clothing ac

Identully caught 11 ro from the ga

tovo Mabel Sapp, a young woman

oomer was also severely burned nbotii

ho hand nnd arms In her efforts ti

txtingulsh tho llauios. lloth aro rest

'ng nicely today.

Obiuary

A most pntnfiil unrrnw camo t the

order of tho A. V. anil A. M. upon tho

dentil of Iiro. l'lilnes Whipple, wlmilinl

with Kina'l-pox nt his honie in Tulsa on

the morning of March 27! h. Ilo was

undo n innsnii in Ilcnrni lodge, no H t

at lt. Vernon .Mn 111 May 101'i l'i

was elected Heeretary of tho lodgo the

niino i-ir which offlco lio Imlil it Mn

elmo of IiIh heath, IiIh p-irentH trtnvml In

Carthage, tlio nmnt.tntn. Urn. Whipple

was timrrieil in ('nrthngo to Mls llen

nlo Porter. Ilo lived thnro .ever I

yp.irx and camo to TiiIhh, nlinntnyear

ago, lils misnnlo record was nn liniiorn

ahlo ono A great light nf our frntetnl

tl has fallen. With nllieis was my very

il.iar friend. Mr. Whipple wkh a manly

nnn who loomed largo nmong IiIh fel

Inun, t.iii(ltiiif Inch 1 1 iho ouiiiniiiiily

In whlah hu v1, nnno knew him but

to lnvn htm nnd to prnleohlm. With mil

heiriH we plnco sweet flowers np'n

bin bier, nnd Rwect Ineeeso buni In to

ken nf ntir grief. Hn restn putM-fiil'vi

ho sleeps n ilre.imlosK sleep. Ilnl,

thlxtho end of Mm ami the nnpl -Inc

in. pes nf nil fond mi(ein? Nn blnseil

hn God he has nnly rerolvod fiirllie,

light, In has I. Id down the Working

"oIh of llfii to lie glvou tho w.irkint.

ti..si)f lle.uin, liu hns only fmUli.il

his work hero and gone to tho eloriinj

city to Invo hlx earthly work Impeded

by tin, huprunti Arehltuut of iho I'ni

vurso, and It Is our prayer nnd bololf

ih.it ho will hear Mm wetcomn eutor

thou Into hn many in inslnus of glory

and wo too hrotln rs so soon shall follow

Pnrowell brother nnd frlond till wo

moot agnln.

Fraternally, J. p. Owens, W. M

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Harmony of Tho World, Oklahoma Jurisdiction

Citizens of Rentiesville Making Hard

Fight For Railroad Accommodation

DID HE DECEIVE THEM7

SCHOOLMASTER'8 ASSERTION

WAS NEVER VERIFIED.

True or Not, However, It Had tho Ef

fect of Making Culprits Own Up

to Guilt and Take tho

Consequences.

Describing tho lighter sldo of

fchool lifo, Ian Hay, tho Scotch novel

lit, tells of a schoolmastor who called

his boys together.

"A ery unpleasant nnd discredit

able thing has happened," ho said.

"The municipal authorities havo re

cently erected a pair of extremely

ornate nnd oxpcnolvo lampposts out

Bide the realdonco of tho mayor of tho

town.

"Thoso lampposts appear to have

attracted tho unfavorablo notice of

the school.

"Last Sunday evening, between

seven and eight .o'clock, they wero at

tacked and wrecked, apparently by

volleys of stono.

There was a faint but appreciative

murmur from thoso members of tho

school to whom tho news of this out'

rngo was now mado public for tho

first time. Rut n baleful flash from

tho schoolmaster's spectacles re

stored Instant silonco.

"Sereral parties of boys," ho con

tinued, "must havo passed theso lamp

posts on that ovonlng, on their way

back to their rospcctlvo houses after

chapel. I wish to boo all boys who

in any way participated in tho out

rage In my study directly after second

school. I warn thorn that I shall make

a sevoro oxamplo of them."

Ills voice roso to a blaro.

"I will not have tho prestige and

fair fame of the school lowered In the

eyes of the town by tho vulgar bar-

I baritles of a parcel of III conditioned

little street boys. You may go!"

I The audlenco roso to their feet and

began to steal silently away. Dut

thoy were puzslcd. Tho Old Man was

nn fool, as n rule. Did ho really Imag

ine that chaps would bo such mugs

ai to own up?

Hut before tho first boy rcachod

the door tho head spoko again.

"I may mention," ho added very

aentlv. "that the attack unon tho or

! lampposts wan witnessed by a gcntlo-

niaii lUBiumii in iiiu nuifiliuuruuuu, u

warm friend of tho school. Ho was

able to Identify ono of tho culprits,

whose name Is In my possession That

li nil."

And qulto onough, too. When the

schoolmaster visited bis study after

second school he found 17 malefactors

meekly awaiting chastisement.

Hut he never divulged the name of

tho boy who had been rernrnlzod, or,

for that matter, tho identity of tho

wnrm friend of tho school. I won

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Canada's 72-Inch Reflector,

Work Is progressing rapidly on this

Instrument, which will bo probably,

for a short time only, tho largest tele

scope in the world, pending tho com

pletlon of the 100-Inch reflector for

Mt. Wilson. Tho disk for tho great

mirror started from Antwerp about a

week before tho war broko out. After

Its arrival at Now York the Pcnnsyl

vanla railroad was about a week In

finding a suitable car to transport It

to Pittsburgh, and then thero was

further delay beforo nn Iron wagon

could bo obtained to transport It to

Doctor llraehear'B workshop, where

It was finally placed on tho grinding

tablo. Tho hazardous work of boring

and smoothing off tho hole. In the cen

ter of tho mirror has been accom

plished with ontlro success. It is ex

pected that the mounting will bo com

pleted by October noit. Sclontlflo

American.

Subscription $1.00 Per Year

Booth Bill !

UUNTIKSVILLC, Okln., March 29.

Mr. A. J. Smlthcrmnn, Kdltor, Tulsa

Stnr, Tulsa., Okln. J,.,

My Dear friend:

Just now wn aro making strenuous

efforts and having tho fight of our

lives to better conditions In and

around tho railway station hero at

tins riaco; in other words wo aro

striving with might and main to se

cure rallwny station trucks, a freight

offlco, cotton platform and a decent

depot, nono of which wo havo. You

wero horo a few months ago, nnd,

very likely, distinctly remember these

things. Wo hnvo boon trying for sev

eral month! In many ways to obtain

tho rudest r-nd most meager accom

modations along tho lines above lndl

dlcatcd, and havo failed. Thru our

local business Icaguo as our records

show wo havo written and Dctltloned

tho different department heads of

tho "Knty," nnd each tlmo without

result. At tho samo tlmo conditions

have grown from bad to worse, un

til now thoy havo becomo all but un-

ncamblo. Tho wares of our mer

chants aro loaded and unloaded with

out cither tho service of a platform or

a truck, and In Bomo Instances broken

because of that face. Decauso of the

lack of a freight offlco thoso at this

placo who find It necessary to ship

things from tlmo to tlmo must either

go to Chccotnh or Oktnhn to "bill"

them out, thua entailing loss of tlmo

und gront Inconvcnlonco. Tho agent

hero Is not allowed a salary but a

mem commission and In many cases

his wholo month's pay will not execod

$15.00; and this notwithstanding tho

fact that his ontlro tlmo Is taken up

In tho services of tho company. SUCH

CONDITIONS DO NOT EXIST AT

ANY OTHER PLACE ON THIS

UOAD.

As a last rnnnrt wn hnvn IIa.1 a

complaint against the company with

luu uriJuriuion commission nnd a

hcnrlnfr Is crnntnH n, nn A..tt i

Wo nro hoping for roller. Wo can

not seo how It will result othorwlse

n vlow of tho volume of business done

'lere, both In points of ticket sales

and othor traffic. I nolo with much

rldo and It has strengthened me In

opo for our Just nnd righteous causo

-Mr. Doorman's efforts to better con

Itlons for our peoplo at Osago, which

act appears An tho column of your

alucd paper.

Whatever you can do to assist us In

ur Just contentions I assure you will

io gratefully appreciated.

Your respoctfully,

D. C. FRANKLIN.

Johnson Throws

Bull For Sport

Havann, Cuba, March 31 Jack John

son, champion pugilist of tho world,

celobratcd hla 3Sth birthday hero to

day In high spirits and a perfectly con

tented state of mind,

Tho champion Is attracting a deal

of attention and bettong on tho fight

noxt Monday with Jess Wlllard the

whlto hopo s all In his favor.

Wrestles a Dull

Johnson waa out for a flvomllo ride

on tho road early In the morning,

Lntor ho pushed a steam roller and

wrestled a bull, tho bull losing. When

cautioned against over-exerting him

self, Johnson said he must celebrate

his 38th birthday which occurred to

day.

Johnson declared today that It was

likely ho would win Inside of 20

rounds. Ho praised Wlllard, but said

that ring cxpcrtcnco must tell. Ho

added that all champions aro dofeated

if they stick to tho game long enougn,

out declared that ho was now as gool

as ever and consequently could not

seo defeat facing him tn this, hU final

battle.