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TAR n SUCCESSOR TO THE MUSKOGE. STAkj I. Vol. 1, No. 36 TULJLA, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, Jl'ulv 11, 1913 Subset lption $1.00 Par Your THF TULSA f School Muddle at Supulka. r-. r Attempt at Politics in School The Tulsa Star Correspondent Was On Ground and Pxpnsi-s The Game The 8APPLPA, OKLA., .lul.v !l. Tpesduy night ill- the past' week will ulways be i-eincinbered by the better element of the colored lit izeiw of thin eity. .Manv lnuie.it- hearted persons who hud nothing iu their minds but to get results thut would keep devehipiiient up ermost iu the liiiuiln of youthful hearts to enuble them to lie equal to life'n battle. Hut low and lie hold, a little bund of clickers had met and forniulated a plan to make u poor innocent lady who hud never been discussed, or the least objection to her service (lie pust term had been questioned, was made the beast of prey. AH kinds of utteinpls were made to railroad things to suit the clickers, but the table had to hold every motion that came before the voters. It was claimed that the meeting was not called for a deiu onstrutiou of the parents, every body knew that was iu no way true. An attempt was made to select u principal. It woh claimed the people did not turn out for that, yet they weie mi mlriM-d iu the call. 1'rofessor Kirkpatrick, tend stunt superintendent, was Joins in The Fight On East Archia Resorts RCV. K. K. WHITE HAS SHOULDERED ARMS listen to the doings of the people ami take their wished to the sup criuleudeut as to who was the chnUe for priucipuUhlp of the school. An iiersou present could misunderstand l'rof. Kirkpatrick' statement. He told the jieople they should have the interest of the children at heart and that he w as deely interested iu their children, That statemeut fell from the lips of a white geutle 'i ti ii ii of itolUhed standing auil who have a bright future iu pub lie affairs. Later iu the discus siou a colored man flatlv said side of all the people. Ho we ask vou if vou aie alreadv a reader or A j 1 TV T t subscriber to this paper, ...id owe hl ) I If T VI IT llSLCr us for it, please cull and pay the same because we need the money and need ii badly, and if you in. not a legular subscriber it is on. duty as a citi.en to suliMTitu NOW and help us make the Stai the best Negro paper in Uklaho ma to the credit of Tulsa and the eoloied people here. You can well uflord to pav such small amount for such a valuable enterprise as the STAlt. Think of it! l.V foi one mouth or - muntl-' for !lii cents. Every colored iieixin in Tulsa should read this paper at i...s ,.ice. ... 1 Special to tin i nil" collector, jnss umyu, win ,(1, yjnU (till! lltlll .Oi lull Mllll VI IIY U'M I fill ((III SV i t? lima v ,.'v., .... you to order ami ny ior uns miner and have it left at your home every Friday. Out of town patronage will re ceive ill-' best attention and tin1 paper for Ii months at !." cents or one year for $1,011. All .subscriptions Mut lit- 1'aid in Ailrmiu'. i Agents wanted everywhere. Yours for success, Y. II. CAKTEK. S!j,'r. I Star: i siikc in uoi noiu peace, iu the light of justice 'and dcivury, the tearless eilitoi of The Titlxi Star has chaiiiiioucd ' the righteous cause ol I lie decent 'citi.en-; and religion luteiesl of ail i ulsa. He should not heal th harden ulna, iu denouncing the present day ivils right in out ...,!. .mil ... tun ilimr. I join In will tile editni ot the Stai, Mi. A. -:. Sinilliei man. iu calling the attention In die indecency of a 1 cei-tuiu di'liici ol liidciioi and the jieople did not turn out to elect a teacher or to have a dem mist ration. This will tell the whole story about the '-COLORED MEN". The uge demauds men, lioiie-t men, truthful men. Then why not put your feet on all de seders, false pretenders and un rciialilc sell interested men. 1 lie licople well know that the dollar was all that some of the colored men had iu mind and they did not hold the welfare of the child i en iu the least consideration. Truth crushed to the earth will rise again and when dishonest 000000000000000000000000 present ond made it plain that In persons sow high they will some naa been invited to lie present anu ua.wiaii iu;e a naiioon. Colored ming Dry Cong Far- rcss CALLS .MEETING one was hurl. The fire depart ment responded to a call ill re ntal kahly quick time, but a vol JuuKcr bucket brigade had the flames extinguished before the department arrived. A new op erator with a new machine has been secured and the Pastime is now oieu again iu full bloom. The officers ot the Colored or ganization of the Farmers Con giess iu Oklahoma are slicing up no little interest iu the Interim tioual Congress which meets iu this city this fall and present plans point to u marked success of this organization here. The following notice has been Issued culling a meeting of this organization iu Tulsa on Julv 2nd: There will be a meeting of the 2iegro Farming Cougress of ol, lahouia ut Tulsa, Tuesday, duly 22, lina, nt 10 o'clock a. in. Ti.is will lie the most important meet iug held since the organization of the Fanning Congress. Slut tors of much importance to the Negro farmers, merchants mid business men will be discussed. An inv tution is ertended to all colored1 men and wiunen. INMAN E. PAGE, Pies. S. L. IASIES, Scc'y. Fire at Motion Picture Show Miss Williams Charge of In THE PUBLIC LII1ARY Tin; Public Library and Head ing ltoom for the Colored people of this city has employed Miss Lcnuhi Williams who is in charge daily to serve life reading public. Miss Williams is putting forth her licit efforts to make the lead ing room a success and she is meeting with encouragement. An eiitertuiumeut was given for tin. benefit of this institution Tuesday- night and this will be reiealed fioiu time to time. TO THE COI.OHED CITIZENS OF Tl'LSA ALSIOST CAUSED PANIC A near paulc was caused at the Pastime Theater in the Cleaver building on N. Greenwood .Mon day night wheu the picture films caught fire and destroyed tliteo teels of films uud the machine. John Moore, the oierntor, nnr rowty escaped serious injury. Wheu the blaze burst forth from the-operator's booth there was a wild scramble for doors and wiu ow by the hundred or more pat Mas zwtthin, but fortunately no The editor and malinger of the Tulsa Star ii making an earnest effort to give to the colored eit I i.ens of our city u good, clean uud newsy weekly neW8pncr, in the iuteiest of Tulsa and the col ored people of Tulsa. Ileuieinber that it is your paper, your mouth piece and your protection, there fine, we earnestly appeal to you as good citiezns. and lovers of rare pride and progress for youi support. Not iu talk or coiupli ii ici) t of our work and efforts, but by your CASH, of which we are much iu need to run the business' and give you the kind of a puMr that we Know you wnnt ami nice. Tlio columns of the Tulsu Slnr shall always ho ojten for all local iii'wh such as personals, deaths, births, socials, entertainments or unything-of interest to our people and it slwll be our aim -to always present to the public the bright 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 '0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 t 0 0 I 0 0 0 I 0 0 0 0 0 WHY OKLAHOMA PAYS TOO MUCH FOR COAL Why is it that Oklahoma people pay more for their coal than any other state in the Union, with, possibly, one or two exceptions? Why is it that coal that sellu over the state for about $8.oo a ton, the year around, can be bought in Illinois and Indiana for from $3.00 to $3.75 per ton, less than half as much? Why is it that the production of coal iu Oklahoma has shown no increase in the past ten years while coal production through out the nation has doubled? Why is it that miners in Oklahoma worked only 144 days in 1910 while the aver age for the United States, including Arkansas where the miners worked less than they did in Oklahoma, was 217 days? Why it is that the- cost of coal at the mine in Oklahoma in 1010 was $2.23 a ton while the aver age cost in the United States was but $1.1 at These arc some of the questions that were pre sented to the last legislature and they were askcd by the consumers of coal in Oklahoma to appoint a com mittee and look into these questions aid see if there was anything that could be done to change affairs. That committee was appointed and spent several weeks off and on, taking testimony in various parts of the state. They had before them miners, coal mine own ers, coal dealers and every person who could throw any light on the questions at issue. That legislative committee was not interested in any controversies between the miners and their employ ers. They were not interested in anything except an effort to got cheaper coal for their constituents. If there was any law that could legally be passed, and that would be fair to everyone connected witli the in dustry and at the same time be fair to the people of the state, for whom this committee was acting, they felt that it should be parsed. And so the mining laws were revised and amended in certain particulars in response to the report of that committee to the legislature. Not only did the commit tee seek to lower the price of coal but they sought to safeguard the lives of the men who go down in the mines every day. Certain practices had grown up that were, according to th testimony of government and state officials, not only dangerous to the lives of the men who worked in the mines but dangerous to the exist ence of the mine itself. These were prohibitedby the new law. One of these practices was shooting off the soli known as section 18 of the law. This prac tice has been abandoned in almost every slate in the Union, not only because it results in an enormous in crease irt the cost of production but because it endan gers the lives of the miners. That is just what en lightened sentiment in the Oklahoma legislature de manded and enacted into law. Every man interested in the lives of the people of the state, in the production of coal at a price that will give it to the people of the state at a reasonable figure will heartily endorse the law. A referendum vote will be taken on the law. . If you believe in cheaper coal and greater safety for the lives of the men who toll In the mines you will vote NO. Every man in Oklahoma should take the time to cast a ballot on this question. The members of the legislature who investigated those questions did it for the good of the state at lorge. They sought to aid every one and not to injure any one They are our representatives and we should stand by them. The question is shall what they hate done for the people be vetoed? We answer NO. VOTE HO. SPECIAL ELECTION Auuusi 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 lureineiit of wide oieii infained lesidfuivs on Archer Mrcut, the iiiiiit popular street leading In and fioin the ctty. One's own oh servalinn -dinuld be sufficient l Nim.M) the licsi citizens of oil. pdiplc to do as 1 am asking ynu. ni, chinch, to do by resoluliiuis and other just means, join Iu with me as an humble guss'l I pieurher to licsuecli tne city all 1.1 . . ...1 1:.... ... 1 I IIIM llll'l Ml lllhL- Mil IIIII III 1111)1- I In 1st; hniisci closed and, if neees Mirj, thu lewd chin iielei'i of the wiiineii leave the city and impose lines uiMiii men who frequent Ihe-e homes. I rare, nothing about what criticism max came agaiusi mi' tin ui. saying and in. pro ccduri. I'll "belli it with delighi 'or tin. sake ol 111 v young girK .nd hoy I wish to call attention in .mot tier rurwarii step ami ..n.d- of right with 110 mie rt.ilu xi'i.iul fioiu Hi. -I P. Kersh on , hi subject Ond lilesn joii Or. Ki'.sh. licit is my hand. The wn. I111- ju-i begun. Headers. .mi are all at uiieriv in sicp iuu the light for or against. I'm in tin fight to stny as long as space will he given in the Star lor in public opinion and 1 remain !u this pulpit. Yours for a better moral and religious slandard in Tulsa. P. K. WHITE, l. I)., Pastor of .Ml. ion Baptist church. I thank you dear Christian members and friends for your Itiwolntion of Ciiiideiiiuntioii. 0 0 0 0 z 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 : 0 0 0 t 0 0 0 r 0 0 000 0 00000 riners Benevelcnt. Organized 1 With Ladies Auxiliary At a call meeting held in the 'iiloied reading room on North ii-eciiwimd .Monday night for the I'lirpiiM.' of organizing a branch aapler of the Pariucrs' Iteiievi, lent .Wocintiiin of Oklahoma, liiite a number of citizens partir .-.ilcil. Alter a few pieliiuliiiiry . 111. 11 1. s by Mr. Brown of Mcr i, Okla., concerning Hie organ linn, !. M. Dumas, president of he nigaiii.aliiin, of Merrick, Okla ,w presented and proceeded to ii.iuie 11 branch chapter. Hie iiillnwiiig ollheis were elected: .1. II. William, chairman, ;:H N. ii.'ciiwuud Vve.; .1. S. Kirhy, see .euir.v. :M." E. Cannon St.; II. T. Homes, Measurer. At a meet iug called for the pur I use of organizing 11 lailies' de I'.iilmeiit of the Fanners' Benev (ili-iii Association of Chapter No :t or Tulsa, Chaiiuaii .1. H. Vil Mains mill Svcrclnrv .1 S ICirl , ucrcpri'M .1 At ihc 1. .t-nug ipiliu a number -f the best ladU of Tu mi weii p'cseiit. cimirnmu Wll Minus uinue a few preliminary re 11.. ill. n, which enthused the audi i nee very much, after which I he or u'liuiatiiiii was perfected and iT.c nlVtvis elected. .Mrs. Dora Ivirhy was elcccil piesidcnt. in her usual 'i.ipp.i way she accepted the olllce .mil said that she would do all she ciiiild to make I fie organization a success. Mrs. P. .M. Carr wa cl'cted secretary; Mrs. E. Wll Mams, treasurer; Mrs. Prances (Millions, chaplaiu; Mr. Burton, Jsergeant-at-aruis. All tlioe nlli leers stated that thoy would make this chapter u success, t t.it I ' ' lib: JKV 'ers--ir.,. i