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Vol. 3 Mo 47
Chief Sam Returns Wi
PLAN TO TRAN8PORT OKLAHOMA
NEf.ROES TO AFRICA PROVES
DISMAL FAILURE.
New York. Oct r. With thi arriv-
al hero tonight of tlio steamer Norse-
rann from Liverpool w tth eighteen
Americans on board forming what
wns loft of tho crew of the Ilrltlsh
steamer I.Iberia a dramatic chapter
was written Into a colonization
scheme beaded by Alfred Chnrlrs
Sam. said lo be chief of an African
tribe to transport negroes from Texns
and Oklahoma to the west coast of
Africa The capture by the Ilrltlsh
authorities of the colonization ship
and tho subsequent chasing of the
crew by a German submarlno were
nmnng the ndventurcs of tho Liberia's
sailors.
Tho project as described by Sam
was to cnnblc negroes to go to West
fricn Join In a colony nnd llvo In
mparatlve luxury nefore tho LI
L.In sailed on Its first trip Sam wide-
ly announced his plan
The Liberia financed by negroes
left Portland Maine In May and after
stopping at Norfolk Vn  proceeded to
Galveston. Texas where It was re-
ported to have taken on forty negroes
and started on Its vo)ngo to tho west
coait of Africa
At Anamnbu on the African coast
the Liberia was seized by Ilrltlsh nu
thorltlcs as the owner was a British
subject. Whllo thero tho crew was
stricken with fever and removed to
a hospital After their recover)' they
were discharged They then went to
Liverpool whence they were sent
home as consular passengers
NEGRO RETIRES WITH HONORS
Seattle Wash Only 45 )cars of
age. William A Vrooman regimental
quartermaster sargeant of the 9th
cn airy retired or. September 12 af-
ter thirty ears continuous service
with pay amounting to 167 BO per
month Ills entlro service was with
the Ninth
Vrooman enlisted In 18SG at Huffa
lo N. V when only 1G vears eld He
served In the Indian campaign of 1890-
1891 was at Santiago In tho Phlllp-
plno campaign of 1900 02. Ho quali-
fied in 1894 as distinguished marks-
man the highest qualification In the
nrmy
Sergeant Vrooman received his re-
tirement papers at Douglass Ariz.
whero the Ninth Is stntloned on Sept
12 nnd tho next day he was escorted
by the regimental band and a large
nuumber of his comrades when he
look the train for Che)enno where
he visited before coming on to Seattle.
Ho will mako his future homo In this
city
READY TO CO
WILL 8TART OUT NEXT WEEK
TO REPRESENT THE STAR.
J II Stradford a prominent citizen
of Tulsa and a heavy tax paver will
leave next week on a tour of the state
In the Interest of Tho Tulsa Star
He will give nccount'i of his vlslta
to different towns through tho col-
umns of this paper Bhowlng of thu
progres of the race In each commun-
ity he visits
Mr. Stradford Is a race man and
loves rac Interposes Ho In n splen-
did writer and his articles will be
much In demand by tho reading pub-
lic A
"tiV.
Pay For The Star
a m
School Supplies and
SUCCESSOR TO THE MUSKOGEE STAR
Official Organ of Hie Grand United Order of Odd Fellows And The Knitfhis Arul Lvlies u H u
THE NEGRO'S CHALLENGE.
(Dy Carrie Parker Taylor.)
You complain my brother tn) 111)
white brntlu r.
Of our poor race now and then.
Yet )ou nevei have said what we
should do
To prove to )ou that we're men
We've done everything so far that
)ou've done
Kxct-pl sit In the president' chair.
And the only ronton we haven't done
that
Is because )ou won't let us sit there
In every walk of I'fe that vou've been
There's at least one of us there.
And )ou cannot den) but that we do
Our work Just as good nnd ns fair
Among the more common ernfls of
men.
Such as carpenters masons -ind
painters.
We luvo quite n number and plaster
ers. too j
And many stock raisers nnd plant
ers i
We have law) ers and doctors nnd i
bankers a few
And tenchers we have b) the score I
Undertakrs and merchants and manu
acturers
And preachers -we have them ga
lore
We have sculptors architects nrtlsts i
and Inventors I
And poets and statesmen of fame
Actors orators and authors and good I
ness knows what
Kor ever) thing we do I can't name
i
We print our own pipers publish our
books '
We sing nnd we play same as ou
And In some eases we have been
known
To compose some good music too I
In fact. I don't know nn) thing that
you've done.
When you've given us a chance and
we've tried.
That we haven't don as well as ou
could
And sometimes btter bsldes
We've ven gon farther In some things
thnn you
And now we need not despair
Kor If we don't like our heads like
sheep's wool
Why we can stralghtn our hair
You say that at least wo can't change
our skins?
Well we've knocked that In a hat
For. by the aid of )our honsual lira
Mnny of us have ven done that
You say wo have vices? We got them
from you.
You're all tho pattern we've had
So don't charge the race up with Hie
misfits )ou see
I Since our patterns so often were
bad
So whnl more my brother. m Illy
white brother
' Must we do to prove that we're
men?
If 'tis aught )ou can do nnd )ou'll glvu
us n chance
We'll do It as good as )ou ran
PRIZES FOR COLORED CATHOLICS
Chicago Oct 6 At tho Lincoln Ju
bilee nnd Half-Century Anniversary
of Negro Frtedom. celebrated recent-
ly In Chicago Catholic mission work
nmong the colored people of America
was represented by exhibits from 42
convents schools and churches The
Catholic exhibition was ono of tho
largest In tho hall Pupils or Mother
Kalherlno Drexcl'a school were award
ed flrut prize for magnificent em-
broidery work; the second prlve went
to the Colored Sisters In Baltimore
and tho third prize to tho Illinois
Technical School for Girls in Chicago.
TULSA OKLAHOMA. FRIDAY Ol l'OBI K8 Hh
In. is four monthly
V SL A..l On. Ilnnnn
And Our Paper
THIS IS A REAL BARGAIN
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.T?I-W-C IlTvO-'WI''' kv S f"JK. l Mr El ?M ).ttiW
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ACT QUICKLY!
II bend ui your order right avny or
ui when in town. If you have never subscribed to our paper before do It now and
get theie (our maguinci If you are a regular subscriber to our paper c urge you
to tend in )our renewal at once and cet theie four magazines. If you arc a tub-
ieriber to any of theie magazines lend your renewal order to ui nnd we will extend
your lubicription for one year.
Think (If It cu can get ee our Magazines for "fflQ
lllllllx UI II) If you Subscribe to our paper for one yetr. Ov
We have umple copies of theie nagaiinei on diipby at our ofTice. Call and
ice them. They are printed on book paper with illuitratcd (.overt and are full ol
f clean irterciting itoriei and Instructive articles on History Science Art Music
J Fashion I'ancy Needlework General Farming Live Stotk and Poultry.
S-1l -a o .9pnrl Yniir flrdcr
A. Tho Use lllnse Will C(n
mi. wun&iiii.d inn jiii i
(LoEta
"BIRTH OF A NATION" IS
BARRED
Picture is Booked For Tulsa
Sometime This Winter
THIS PICTURE IS MEETING WITH mlt People throughout the state are
PROTEST ALL OVER THE COUN-1 expected to Immediately send protests
-rnv it ;nniii n rf darrfdI1" "0 State Hoard of Censors fur f
-rIr7 J! Yui.a ai 1 -rrT Krantid " permit It will he nuthorlzeil
FROM OKLAHOMA ALL T-' to sliow in every city In the stati-
GETHER NOW FOR A PROTEST
(Prom the Chicago Defender )
Columbus 0  October 1 Tho peo
pie of tills city were thrown into n
scare last week when It became
known that "Tho Ilirth of a Nation"
had applied to the State Hoard of
Censors for a permit to show this
photoplay in Ohio nnd two prlvnte
Bhowlngs of It had been made before
the I101T1I In.nn dlitely on learnint
tho designs of the producers of tho
play the local branch of the N A A
C P got bus) nnd enlisted the sup-
port of man) prominent white cltl
zens including tJi-o J Knrb the
may or of tin city I)r Washington
Gladden ex Secretary of State Daniel
J Ilynn IUbbl Kornfleld of the Jew-
ish S)iingogue James Carroll editor
of the Catholic Columbian nnd man)
others who signed and filed n p'otest
v.lth the State Hoard of Ci nsors
against "Tho lllrth of a Nation" be
Inir rrnnted a ncrmit to show In Ohio
The producers of this race hatred In
fl-iinlnc film selected a time wlien
Governor Willis who Is In California
was out of the city to apply for per
Stationary
h Fragments of
magazines .is
All f.. Vo-II. JL B
AH One Year
Eire it to our representative or call and ice
Rpfnro Ynii Pnrrrnt It Si -a o
Dmmnllii Wlioil Tlmo It lln JL
luiiipiij iiucii nine 19 up
'
I Censor Doard Acts
uunv nn ill" litllliuo 111 imii t' iiiaii
fltcit ha tlifh nhllenn In f . j liiaJtli
FROM
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across from the Capitol building were " JWmcTfirn4tar
playing a strain of the Inst quarter to "Tv'..iiiii:J .Via i S.J? w..?!..'
1" o'clock or 11 45 of "I-eud Klmllv 1 " J W"11"i ' A J Smlthermali
Ughtlhe p".du.t of the bo.rdTI.H;. men bought more than $300 00
arose fiom his dial! and said. "Gen-1 wn"" or "toc
tlemin. list to )on chimes nnd amid It va decided to ill u block of 50
this encircling gloom I v. Ill give tho sluires at J10 00 ler slinre liefore any
desired light not only to the cltiiens effort ara made lo get members for
of th s state but to the t nllre United the association. This will be done
Stntos I mil sure that our beloved next week after which the state will
Governor will bo plmsid to know that be thoroughly organised nnd tin work
I havo barred forever from this state of securing inemlierir' commenced
(lint Infamous lie The lllilli of a The board of director meet again to
Nation " 1 "Wit
Ralph Tyler Swoons. 1
Tho committee which was sent to
Columbus from evir) quarter of tho
state nnd which was headed by the
in auditor of the nuv) was only be
for etho board 23 minutes when the
president got up and made ills state
ment So overcame wus Mr T)lir
that ho fell and It took ubout ftv
mnut.B to revive him
On regninlnll
consciousness he exclalmi'd
'.od wo are not weary'"
Praise
For sale At
moiiy of The World Oklahoma
Negroes Win
.
School Pight.H
Florida Negroet Win In Court
Jacksonville l-'la  voted 11 million i
.llar bond Issii. for new schools re
Out of this hiiiii It wan di
lihd b tlie hlt school iMianl to
itinrniirinte Stir nun tnr ilu. ffit.rf.t I
-iliiiols Our piojile Imiiiglit suit nnd
" le suHtnlned by tin court In every
loin! Tonsi quentl) the bond Issue
is t d up Tile school I man! now 1
si 1 ks a eoinpromlHe and offerH In
sp nil $ 1 00.000 nnir on eolond '
hocils. Ilifim 11 Milt was brought
tin v hniiglitllv 11 iuki d to consider nil 
liitlliois 111111I1 bv imr (ItireiiH lor 11 '
tnnre lllii nil appropriation of the fund
'I his s iiiinilur example of what can
In- ilntit in ki cun our ruiiihiinenliil
iIkIim imii tliiuuKli Sniitliern iniirts
Oklahoma Burial
Ass'n Gets Charter
MEETING OF DOARD OF DIRECT-
ORS WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Some of Tulsa's Leading Men Dehlnd
Movement
n... Oklahoma l.urlal Assoclat on
ren nil) formid In (ills city by Itev
J i: Toombs nf Clnthrlr. Itev Jas A
John ui A J Williams and A J
Sniltiit-rinnn nf Tulsa as the Incorpor
nlors will soon lie ready to iniiimeiicn
business
The charter for the association
came Inst week nnd 11 meeting wns
called for Tuesday n'Rlit fi I lie pur
pose of electing members nf the board
of directors A very enthusiastic
meeting was held but after an hour's
discussion It wns decided tn adjourn
until W'ednesdn) night
The meeting wns held in the Stnr
office Among those who were pre
nt nt the meeting were Itev J A
Johnson Itev Hero Mills Prof J W
Hughe .1 it Stradford lawyer C V
Strmiroril. M J I-nllion J II Rood-
win P Rllmoro Hen Iwls. A J Wll
llntno nnd A J Smithttrmnn
The association proposed lo pay a
maximum for funeral expensi s It
Is strictly a burial association with no
other features added but Is generall)
admitted tn be nn exceptionally good
thing for those who betome members
It Is a HO.nno corjinrntlnn with strong
jaa lx llahl II mill aaiji m lu wal
men In hind It nnd success Is asiureil
I Several nun and womin will be
employed on a salary to represent the
association throughout tin slate with
a motto slogan or "Twenty thoiiinnd
I members In three years "
' The Isiuiil of dlreilnrs us eleited
w eiiuusilay nigiii are
1 . 1 1 . i . aim rrt
NOTES ON RACIAL PROGRESS
Reported by the National Negro Busi-
ness League.
A thought for the wi'ek "Adver
tlsinE Is governed bv no lnw con
trolled by no cre-ml It Is se elusive
a thing that the clntrlii-s of monotwii)
have never been able to ihreittle it
There Is so much of it that It knows
no limits nor liouiidnriis It is the
The Tulsa Star Officg
(urisdiction
Subscription $1 00 Per Yea'
Party !
elps in Saving Ne-
gro From Mob
r. .n m r- -r-i-
iMieilll VV 116 iierOine
Howling (Ir i. Mo. Oct G Tortile
xecoud time Mrs W II Hawkins
wife of the sheriff of l'lko county
saved the life of Harrison Rose a ne
gm prisoner ehiirgi d with murder by
tmrlejlng will) n mob which had n
vailed the Pake count) Jail nt 1 o'clock
this moinliig wliile II10 sheriff fanned
11 posse of eltltetis
The p si of fifl armed '! n
uniong wh"in were Hienker t'lnnin
Clark and his son Ileum tt nrrivnl
nt the lull a few minutes after lh.-
tnoh had fled
grenlest of hII commercial forces nnl
yet all Hint is positively known nbout
it enn b" told In a few words One
thing nctually known Is this llierv
form of advertising Is good for 01111
body nnd sumo forms nre good tor
everybed) " Ilert M Moses In Ad
vertlslng and Selling
The msterdnm News of New York
I'lly lies Inaugurated n nn que service
inr lis readers They are co-opera'
' '" l'''.ff""l".L.' "?"!f.B"."H.s?
assist skllli d Colored mechanics lo nb
thin em )!ci men t.
Tin- Citizens' Commercial league of
Ileuumout Texas wns recently organ
lied to stimulate tho tradn of the Ne
gro merchant!) now In business at.d to
1 neourngn tho establishment of morn
enterprise IjiIi r on they plan to
nf filiate with tho National Negro Ilusl
m ss I.onguu
Major It It Moton of Hampton In
ntlloti nnd a party of distinguished
1 iluealers nre touring tile Stnto of Ylr
K lilw 'n tlio Intert st of tho Negro O--Knulratlon
Sixlety.
One hundrid nnd thirty five Colored
families of Hvnngv lllu lndlnnn com
ieted 111 a recent contest held In that
llv r.ir tin. itinal tmnltllfnl front Vlirilfl
  1)(.Mt l0lml Rlirit.nl) Although
till Is tin anmuil event In Kvaiisvlllo
tin- Colored people have never before
participated Mr Logan II Stewart
president of tho Hv.i'svlllc Local
Li ague says Interest in tho contest
tmulated by the National Negro
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lb nlth Wiik conducted last spring
The Local League In Action On
Honda) afternoon Koptember 2Gth
the leical Negro Business Leugue of
Colombia South Carol nn held 11 mass
1 meeting to stimulate interest lu the
I league's work and to hear reports of
the Boston meeting from Mrs L J
llhodi s Superintendent of the Good
Siiuiarltnii Hospital nnd Mr I S
le.vv the successful merchant tailor
The published announcement of this
1 meeting any:
1 The Inst census gnvu us 11 Negro
population of more than twent) nine
I thousand In lllchlnnd county- a little
more than half tho po mlatioii Tin
I money spent by tills host of Individ
I iihIb for food and clothing yield a
I substantial profit and If Negro mer
1 1 hauls wero sufficiently estnbl htd
I to take cure of this business. It would
I enable them to enlarge their stores
and employ a great uuinj more of our
I 00 tig men and women as ilerks
bookkeepers stenographers etc In
I addition to this It would en ible the
meiiiiiers or tile race 111 mis com-
munity to do more for the education
' or the youth to build better homes to
' 1 lev ate their standards of living and
to do mote for churches schools and
e h.ultabb' Inotltuilons
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