Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 August 1908 — CASH IN THE COLOR LINE [ARTICLE]

CASH IN THE COLOR LINE

Local Lodge “Needed the Money’* and a “State of Things’’ Exists at St. Paul. St. Paul. Minn., Aug. 25. —The National convention as colored Elks opened in the St. Paul auditorium today. In connection with the arrival of the colored delegates it was learned that mysterious signs, which became conspicuous in the windows and doors of many of the leading restaurants and hotels, bearing the letters “H. and R. Association,” had about the same effect ou the colored Elks as would a smallpox sign, for they immediately went elsewhere. An agreement, it seems, was entered into some time ago between the Hotel and Restaurant Keepers’ association and the local lodge whereby the association agreed to pay for the use of the St. Paul auditorium for the colored Elks provided the reception eommittee would instruct visitors to keep away from all places that were placarded. The local lodge needed the money, and the proposition was accepted.