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Apropos of nothing, the Commercial-Appeal remarks: "When the Negro behaves himself, the Negro question will be settled." This seems to THE APPEAL to indefinitely postpone the year of Jubilee, for it is utterly impossible for the intellect Afro-American to imitate the cringing servility of the old "befo de wa" survival, which is what the Commercial-Appeal means by "behaving himself." To the old ex-slave, the white "massa" was unquestionably a superior being, whom it was an honor to serve. But things have come to such a pass that every day of his life the intelligent Afro-American comes into contact with scores of white men who are, in every respect, his inferiors. Another point is that official returns show that about sixty per cent of the Afro-Americans are no longer illiterate, and the two or three hundred newspapers which they support show that they are a reading people. On the southern plantations are to be found thousands of common laborers who are by far better informed as to the political questions pending before the nation than the M. H. H. HON. GEORGE B. CORTELYOU. Secretary of the Treasury Who Will Issuing Certificates of Indebtedness It has been decided by the Secrificates will be accepted by the Treaitional bank note circulation, and the Treaitional bank worth of currency. The Secrificates will be used in the reserves sideration. The design for the new certifica Director Sullivan of the bureau of enstructed to proceed with the work. as other currency, and in appearance a tificate. On the left side of the face Hamilton, and on the top of the bar words, "Certificate of Indebtedness," issue will be given, together with a retirement one year hence. The Panama canal bonds have b issue as soon as bids are accepted at Secretary of the Treasury Who Will Relieve the Money Stringency By Issuing Certificates of Indebtedness and New Series of Panama Roads. It has been decided by the Secretary of the Treasury that these certificates will be accepted by the Treasury Department, as the basis for additional bank note circulation, and this will enable the banks to issue $150,000,000 worth of currency. The question as to whether the debt certificates will be used in the reserves of the national banks is under consideration. Design for the new certificates has already been agreed upon, and Director Sullivan of the bureau of engraving and printing has been instructed to proceed with the work. They will be of the same dimensions as other currency, and in appearance will closely resemble a $50 silver certificate. On the left side of the face will be a vignette of Alexander Hamilton, and on the top of the back in large letters will appear the words, "Certificate of Indebtedness." The date of the act authorizing their issue will be given, together with the rate of interest and the date of retirement one year hence. The Panama canal bonds have been printed and will be ready for issue as soon as bids are accepted after November 30th, 1907. majority of their white neighbors, of which assertion the disfranchising expedients of Jimcrowdom are a decisive proof. Not one of the Jimcrow state has dared to base disfranchisement upon illiteracy, even with the advantage of rascally officials. duty. "Uncle Lewis" was doin what he was competent to do; but Allo-Americans are not of the "Uncle Lewis" type. Some like Tanner are great artists; others like Granville T. Woods are great inventors; some like Booke Washington are great educator The Commercial-Appeal may comfort itself with the assurance that for the Afro-American to "behave himself" as he did before the war is a moral impossibility. THE SPIRIT OF DEFERENCE THE SPIRIT OF DEFENCE The Nashville American publishes a warm eulogy of "Uncle" Lewis Martin, who was for many years junior of its building, from which we quote the following: "He lived through many changes in The American office—saw many editors and reporters come and go, and served them all quietly, gently, and with unswerving fidelity. He was the friend of all and all were his friends. He set an example those of his race might well follow. He showed that a Negro can command confidence and respect and have warm, enduring friends among the whites. In The American family of toilers there is sinic regret over his death, for they knew him as one who did his duty long, honorably and faithfully—and hero and gentleman could do no more. He was honest, industrious, faithful, reliable and possessed that old-timed demeanor and spirit of deference and respect that won respect and friendship for him. He was an ideal janitor." The New York Times quotes the foregoing and comments as follows: "The ambitious Afro-American, product of a new age and a new education, will fix instantly on the word "deference" as full explanation of the warmth with which the death of "Ucle Lewis" is mourned, and—whether in wisdom or folly, who shall say—may feel that the man won the respect and friendship at a higher price than he cares to pay." THE APPEAL, whose editor may perhaps be called ambitions, takes pleasure in stating that the Times expresses his feelings far better than he himself could do. Said editor is very glad to learn that "Uncle Lewis" filled his lowly so admirably—so entirely to the satisfaction of the management of the American. It was his duty and he did it well. We include in the commendation due deference to his employers, for that was a part of his DISHOR HENRY M. THURNER BISHOP HENRY M. TURNER Of the A. M. E. Ouahm and Fearless Offenders of the Afro-American People. Relieve the Money Stringency By and New Series of Panama Bonds. etory of the Treasury that these cersury Department, as the basis for acils will enable the banks to issue question as to whether the debt cerof the national banks is under contes has already been agreed upon, and graving and printing has been in. They will be of the same dimensions will closely resemble a 559 silver cerof will be a giftmark of Alexander cork in large letters will appear the. Date of the act authorizing their the rate of interest and the date of seen printed and will be ready for ter November 30th, 1907. duty. "Uncle Lewis" was doing what he was competent to do; but all Afro-Americans are not of the "Uncle Lewis" type. Some like Tanner are great artists, others like Granville T. Woods are great inventors; some like Booken Washington are great educators, others like Dunbar are great poets; some like Register Vernon are great orators, others like Edward Morris are great lawyers. Thousands of others are authors, financiers, inventors, bankers, teachers and theologians. "Uncle Lewis" admitted, what was probably true, that the white men with whom he came in contact were in intelligence and capability, his undoubted superiors: Artist Tanner cannot admit that every white man can paint a finer picture than he can, nor can Professor Du Bois manifest "deference" to a gang of Atlanta hoodlums, until some one of their number shall produce literary works superior to "The Souls of Black Folk" or "A Littany of Atlanta." So THE APEAL, while dropping a tear to the memory of good old "Uncle Lewis" must also extend its best wishes to the ambitious Afro-American, who gains pre-eminence as a nartist, statesman, orator, musician, theologian or inventor, even at the expense of losing his "deference" for some people with white skins. "SOCIAL EQUALITY." THE APPEAL has for some time been anxious to find a definition of the term "social equality" as understood by the southern white brother, but has only recently been grafted by finding one. Gov. Glenn, of North Carolina, has at length supplied the missing link. He was asked by a reporter for the Globe-Democrat: "What do you mean by social equality when you employ that term in connection with the Afro-Americans?" "The promiscuous association of Negroes with the whites in hotels, restaurants, theaters and other public places, and the resultant familiarity which would inevitably lead to the mixture of the races in marriage." "With no thought of being flippant, I should like to ask what the Southern white man will do when he gets to heaven?" "I don't imagine there will be any divisions in paradise, but I have often wondered what will happen to the fellow who had three or four wives. I know one old codger who has had earth, I believe, God himself drew a distinction between whites and blacks early in Genesis, where, speaking through Noah, he said, referring to Ham: 'Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.' THE APPEAL, if nobody else, is certainly indebted to Gov. Glenn for this lucid explanation, and certainly admires the dexterity with both included and excluded churches which are included in the term "public places," but not specifically mentioned. The governor does not, however, mention saloons and hotels, where the most of the promiscuous association takes place. The frequenters of those places are not condemned by the governor; it is the respectable Afro-American who sometimes visits a theater and can afford to eat a meal at a restaurant or pay his fare at a hotel, who is obnoxious to him. The kind of promiscuous association, of which the governor speaks, has never, to any great extent, prevailed in any part of the country; the kind for which he has no word of condemnation is and has been for years one of the worst curses of the South. And, by the way, as old man Noah was just getting over a big drunk when he said: "Cursed be Canaan," THE APPEAL has some doubt as to God speaking through him. A WHITE MAN'S COUNTRY? According to the Washington Post, John Sharpe Williams, of Mississippi, made the following utterance at the Jamestown Exposition a few days since: "It is the race which counts, not the land. The white race, where it keeps itself white, is great and has enjoyed primacy, whether in Europe, America, South Africa, or New Zealand. A hybrid race is great in no land, on no soil, and under no sun. If we are to retain as people the 'heir of all ages in the foremost files of time' we are to keep this a white man's country, doing justice where our laxity—amounting to a crime—has already confronted us with race problems, but anticipating other race problems by preventing by law, and by force if needful, the further invasion of other than white races and the further infusion of other than white blood, whether it be Chinese, Japanese, Hindoo, or Negro. "If the determination of Californians to exclude Japanese shall result in war, it will be the holiest war ever waged by us." We desire to call attention to the fact that Mr. Williams carefully refrained from mentioning the Indian, who is probably of the same race as the Japanese, and, certainly, not of the white race. The reasons why the eminent orator forgot to include the other colored race are easily seen. He was in a state where many prominent families boast of being descendants of Pocahontas, as John Randolph, of Roanoke, did. And, furthermore, the governor of Mr. Williams' state is partly of Indian descent. And out in Indian Territory, whites and Indians are constantly intermarrying. Just how Mr. Williams can manage to "keep this a white man's country," under such circumstances, is not very clear. THE "UNSPEAKABLE" TURK The Washington Herald has recently had an interview with Alumi Norioddin Addes, a Turk, who is a professor in the University of Constantinople, who is at the Raleigh Mr. Addes made some statements which will seem surprising to many people. He said: "We Turks are pictured in the newspapers as pirates, buccaneers, bloodthirsty murderers, immoral, indolent and filthy. We are represented as being rank polygamists, with no thought of the stability of the marriage ties, and as allowing a promiscuous intercourse among the sexes. "All this is intrue. Until the Europeans began to come into Turkey, the country was the most moral in the world. The women are kept veiled, and never even show their faces to their husbands until after the marriage, except in some cases, and then the face is uncovered for but a few minutes." Mr. Addes seems unaware of the fact that his countrymen have dark skins is conclusive evidence of their "unspeakable" deprivation. He evidently has not read those standard psychological works, "The Clansmen" and "The Leopard's Spots." He should read up. THE SUPERSTITIOUS SOUTH Among the many uncommendable traits attributed to the Afro-American by his critics is the fact that he is superstitious. The writer noticed not long since a statement made by a white visitor to the North that the uneducated whites of the South were filled with superstitions derived from the Afro-American. It is a fact that superstition prevails to a large extent among all classes of the population of the South, but it is the height of absurdity to suppose that these superstitions originated among the slave population—just as absurd as to suppose that some uncultivated slave composed "Way Down Upon the Swanese Ribber." There are two works in Greek, composed by authors who lived three or four hundred years before the time of Christ which mention several of the superstitions which the ignorant Southerner sets down as having originated among the Afro-Americans of the South, and which show what a monumental fool even a Southerner can make of himself when talking concerning things he knows very little about. These two works-Hesiid's Works and Days, and Concerning Gems (Peri Lithoi). The former work goes very largely into the theory of lucky and unlucky days and the latter mentions, among other things, that the amethyst will prevent drunkenness. Now, it is the opinion of THE APPEAL that the prevalence of these superstitious among the Afro-Americans of the South is due to their devoting too much time to reading Hesiod and Peri Lithoi, and it earnsly appeals to the legislatures of Texas and Georgia to prohibit the circulation of such incendiary publications in the land of Dixie and Jimcrow. SOME BRITISH PATRICIANS. The noted English editor and critic has been muckraking among the members of the peerage and has brought to light some very interesting results, which show that many of the English patricians have very little reason to be proud of their ancestors. We refer to Mr. Labouchere, and give just a little taste of his article, as follows: "It is no secret that the first Duke of Marlborough owed his career, in the first instance, to the relations of his sister, Arabella Churchill, and James II. "The first Earl of Orkney was raised to the peerage for his public service in marrying Elizabeth Villiers, who was cast off by James I. "The elevation to the peerage of the eldest of William IV.'s illegitimate sons by Mrs. Jordan as Earl of Munster was one of the first acts of that monarch on his accession to the throne." That makes no difference, however, the kowtowing to the noble descendants of harlots will go on the same as ever. You see, they have gold to keep and gold to spend, gold to give 'way and gold' to lend, which disinfects the whole batch. WHAT THE AFRO-AMERICAN IS DOING. According to the testimony of some of his bitterest enemies, the Afro-American is effecting some wonderful reforms in the United States, for which he should have due credit. Senator Tillman says that he is breaking the solid south, by leaving Jim-crowd and moving to Maryland, West Virginia, and Missouri, thereby swelling the Republican vote in those border states and making them reliably Republican. Again according to the same kind of testimony, he is the cause of the adoption of the Prohibition theory almost throughout the South. Vive, l'Afro-American. A TEXAS "RACE WAR." Hades has again broken loose in Texas and the rangers are ordered out to suppress the "race war" in St. Augustine County. The kind of war it is is shown by the following extract from a Texas journal: "The houses of many Negroes were fired into last night, and there is a big exodus of panic-stricken blacks from the county. Many of the Negroes are well armed and refuse to leave." The same journal also gives the following account of the origin of the "race war." "The trouble started over a game of cards. Fenry Head, a white citizen, was playing with some Negroes. After he had won what money they had he was shot and killed by one of them. The next day two Negroes were killed by white men." And, by the way, nearly all the race wars are started in a very similar way. Henry Head was evidently a low-down, thieving vagabond, who consorted with Afro-Americans for the express purpose of robbing them. If there were any sincerity in the southern howl about social equality, no one would care a baubee about his being killed. But, on the contrary, it seems that the whole community was aroused to defend Henry Head's God-given right to cultivate the most intimate social relations with Afro-Americans, and to render himself a disgrace, not only to his own race, but to them, and so the home of scores of innocent persons were raided and many much-needed laborers driven from the country. The gallant Texans must value social equality with Afro-Americans very highly, when they are so ready to fight for it. FINE LOT OF PRESIDENTS. The Richmond News-Leader boasts a little 'thus: "We never have had in the White House a traitor or a thief or any occupant accused of immorality worse than an occasional over-indulgence in liquor. Three presidents, we believe, have been charged with drinking too much at times and in private, but otherwise all have been men of clean personal character and honest and chaste lives, certainly during their terms of office. The foregoing is substantially true and is a very creditable record for our presidents, especially when compared with the sovereigns of Europe; but there is one little error. One of our presidents was seen disgracefully drunk in public, upon more than one occasion. Still he was a man of excellent character. Defective Page THE U.S. CAPITOL AT THE CAPITAL Washington, Nov. 21—Dr. T. C. Uthank, an assistant municipal physician in Kansas City, was presented to the President today by Senator Warner, Bishop Grant of the A. M. E. Churen and Register Vernon of the Treasury, and visitors for a consular appointment and has been designated for an examination by the administration. The Austro-Hungarian government has issued a warning against the presence of persons present are so busy inducing Austrian and Hungarian immigration to the Southern States of America. An official circular on the call calls attention to the alleged peonage system in that part of the United States where persons who contemptiate emigration agents and not to follow the advice of the emigration agents until reliable guarantees are forthcoming. Early action will be taken in the Supreme Court of the United States in the contempt proceedings growing out of the Chattanooga lynch case. Prosecution of alleged lynchers in other States has been delayed in hope that the justices of the highest court would lay down in this case the burden of proving be followed in all such proceedings. The Powell case of Huntsville, Ala., will doubtless be governed by the Chattanooga decision. Robert Powell was indicted by the Federal grand jury for conspiracy to injure Horace Maples, a negro. There is no dispute about Maples being injured to the extent of having his neck stretched to the point of being cut. Powell's attorneys claim that if he committed any offence, it was an offense against the laws of the state alone and not of the United States. Mr. James A. Cobb has been appointed special assistant to he United States attorney for the District of Columbia to aid in the collection of forfeited recognizances in the Police Court and the Supreme Court of the District, as well as the preparation of prosecutions under the pure food law compensation will be $2,000 a year. James Adalai Cobb is a native of Louisiana, having been near near Shreveport, La. January 29, 1874. He is a graduate of Fisk University and of the law and pedagogical departments of Howard University; was admitted to the Supreme Court of the District in 1901, where time he has been actively engaged in the practice of his profession. Attorney Cobb enjoys the esteem and confidence of the community and was strongly endorsed for the place. Relations between the board of education and Supt. William E. Chancellor have become so strained that it is impossible to quarter that, at no distant day, there may be a new head for Washington's public schools. From an authoritative source comes the information that the President has been converted into an advocate of the postal savings bank system, and in his annual message to Congress will advise that the question be taken up with the legislation necessary to its establishment. In the opinion of the President the operation of banks of this kind will have a strong tendency to bring about a relaxation of the present financial stringency, and also serve in the future as a deterrent to the hoarding of money by the people. Rev. Dr. Wilbur Patterson Thirkeld was on Friday installed as president of Howard University. The exercises were held in Rankin Memorial Chapel, on the university campus, and picturesqueness was lent to the oc acrobats and the red, green, and academic robes and the red, green, and academic hoods of honorary college degrees. The installation took place amid a distinguished gathering, which included Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States; James Bryce British Ambassador; Andrew Carnegie, Rt. Rev. Henry Y. Satterlee, Lieutenant of Washington; James R. Garner, Rt. Rev. Edward J. Elmer E. Brown, United States Commissioner of Education; Rev. Dr. William Ingraham Haven, of New York; District Commissioner MacFarland, many prominent members of the alumni of the institution, and representatives from more than forty other universities and schools of higher education. The large chapel hall and the spacious platform were well filled with distinguished guests of the university when President Roosevelt, accompanied by Andrew Carnegie, arrived. The presence of the President was looked for, that of the multimillionaire philanthropist was unexpected. President was greeted with prolonged congratulations, and Mr. Carnegie also came in for a share of the hearty welcome. The principal address of the afternoon was delivered by President Roosevelt. Mr. Carnegie's name did not appear in the program, but his unexpected arrival was made the occasion of calling on him for a speech. Ambassador Bryce, Secretary Garfield, Commissioner of Education Brown, and Rev Dr John W. E. Bowie, Chairman of the Council, Seminary, Atlanta, Ga., were the other speakers. President Roosevelt said, in part: "During forty years, practically during the time that has elapsed since the end of World War II, the Afro-American citizens of the United States have accumulated property, until now they have some $250,000,000 worth of taxable property in this country. During the same forty years homes, until now there are homes owned and occupied by the Afro-American citizens of our country. When a man and woman grow to acquire a certain amount of property in this country, they must occupy their own home, it is proof positive that they have made long strides forward along the path of good citizenship. The material basis of everything, but it is an indispensable element in upward in the life of decent citizenship; and the Afro-American who he acquires property, acquires a home, acquires a first step, acquires a first step, and a long, long steth. "Every graduate of an institution of learning who goes out into the world has many difficulties to face. Few have more difficulties to face than those who graduate from this university, graduates, know how much of hard work they must do, how much you have had to draw upon all of the courage, and faith, and resolution, and good temper that you had in you. I trust that each one of you here will realize the peculiar burden of responsibility that rests upon him, not only as an educator, but also as an educated member of a race that is struggling upward toward higher and better things. The esteem that your fellow-citizen bear you; the way that they look upon you; the way in which they feel about the effects of education as it shows itself in you, will in a large degree measure their benefit and regard for the Afro-American race responsibility upon your shoulders. I trust you will realize it, and that help will be given to you from on high to bear it well and worthy. I know of no men graduating from any college in the United States who had not been responsible than you bear, and, after that, is no greater privilege given to any man than to have such a load to carry, if only he carries it well. "A minister needs to remember more than anyone else the truth of the Biblical saying that 'By your fruits shall men know you.' A minister should upon him not merely to preach, and yet a sane morality, but to see that his life bears out his preaching in every minute detail. His position is one of peculiar leadership, and therefore a peculiar weight of obligation attaches to it. 'Nothing can be more important than race, or any race, than to have those members of that people or race who follow the profession of the ministry so conduct themselves as to be a source of inspiration to their own flocks, and at the same time to win them over to a world a respect and esteem the effects of which will be felt not only by them, but by all their people. "I have been struck in traveling through the South to find how many Afro-American doctors have gone into other business as well. Very naturally, frequently you will find that afro-American doctors, and that was struck by what very important duties and how prosperous many of them have been. I was struck by the esteem in which they were held as a rule, by all of their neighbors, and by the evident fact that each such Afro-American doctor who did his work exercised a very perceptible influence in the citizenship of all the Afro-American citizens of the locality in which he resided. I do not know a more effective bit of home missionary work than is being done in this way." "When the President had finished his missionary work, president of the board of trustees, the university, the presiding officer, introduced Ambassador Bryce. "It is not unfitting," said Ambassador Bryce, "that I should be present on this occasion, representing as I do a country which has many colored men within its domain all fellow-workers, and should be sympathetic fellow-workers, in the effort to recompense the Afro-American for the wrongs which have been the cause by the white race since that day, he said, "Ago when the first slaveship crossed the Atlantic." The Ambassador expressed his belief that higher academic education, as well as as industrial training, is essential to the Afro-American people. Loud was the shout of the Barnard called on the next speaker, Andrew Carnegie. Silencing the audience with a slight wave of the hand, Mr. Carnegie said that his presence seemed to him providential, and that the exercises to be held at Howard when he came to Washington. "This nation never failed to solve any problem placed before it," he said "and it will not fall in regard to the race problem. In fact, most of the people in the United States clans," he added, turning to President Roosevelt and bowing gracefully, "worry, solve themselves. We try to settle problems a hundred years ahead of us, and long before that time the problems are gone. This is the problem of the slaves that were, that are to be." Don't worry about the Afro-American. In his inaugural address, Dr. Thirkield said that Howard University opens to any man of any race the chance to unfold the best and dividend of the human race, and the national opportunity is a help to this end. "Every man has in him values above all market price," said Dr. Thirkield. "This is the democratic ideal. Democracy bears witness to the capacity of the downmost man. There are in American history numberless examples of the fact that the uncommon powers for highest life and service to man. Lincoln, Grant, and Douglass are conspicuous examples. "This is the meaning of equality—not that every man in capacity is the equal of every other man, or that there is any such thing as equality of opportunity, for it is a truism that 'Liberty' leads to 'Equality' based on natural differences of capacity and application among men. It is rather that in a democracy every man has a right to equality of opportunity, may claim equal right with every other man to a free unrestricted power, the powers and possibilities that are available to that, there are diversities of girls, but one spirit of freedom; that no artificial barrier shall be placed in the way of any man; that in civil life there shall be not a spirit of repression, but of broad and generous respect. Howard University stands for just this. The fortieth anniversary of the founding of the university was celebrated at night at the First Congregational church. D. H. W. A WEEKS RECORD IN MINNESOTA'S CAPITAL. The "Saintly City" and Saintly City, Folks—Newly items of Social, Religious and General Matters Among the People. SATURDAY, NOV. 23, 1907. Look out for the Mecca Club ball during the holidays. FOR RENT—Furnished room for man and wife at 389 Rondo. FOR RENT—Nice room, 527 St. Anthony ave. Gentlemen only. A nice front room to rent at 674 St. Anthony Ave., corner of St. Albans. Mr. Gibson, commonly known as "Soldier," died at the city hospital Thursday. Mr. Charles Miller now has charges of the laundry department of the Valet Tailoring Co. 4 SUITS PRESSED VALET TAILORING CO $1 156 E. SIXTH ST Where you find a GORDON HAT you are pretty sure to be in good company, $3.00. For something good to eat go to "The Kendrick," 115 E. 3d. That's the place you can get it. Mr. H. B. Howard, who was on the sick list for a few days, is again at his post of duty. Mr. J. Alex Ross, proprietor of the Gazeteer and Guide, Buffalo, N. Y., is in the city this week. Mrs. Ophelia Clark of Chicago is in the city, the guest of her brother, Mr. R. M. Johnson, 376 Minnesota street. PIANO INSTRUCTION. Instrucion given on the piano at the residences or patrons, or at 575 W. Central Ave. Prof. W. A. Weir. --- 1. Ten. Good for stresses and furnaces. Goes farther than coke. Reduce the fuel bill one-half. ```markdown ``` Mr. James Young of Spokane, Wash., enroute to New York, was the guest this week of Messrs. L. E. Turpin and Frank Kinsley. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Jones of Chicago have been the guests the past week of Mr. and Mrs. Scott R. Walker, 248 Aurora avenue. When you wish a first class shine call at the Peoples Shining Parlor No. 127 E. 5th street, Walter Porter, Prop. Holl shine 'em up for a nickel. G. J. CHARLESTON, EXPRESS Company, 208 West Fifth Street, Packing, Shipping and Storing of Household Goods. Tel. N. W. Main 3015-J. Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Dorssey of 348 Kent street were both on the sick list for several days. They are now, however, both able to be about again. The Profit and Pleasure Club announces a Grand Dancing Party to be given Thursday, Nov. 28th, at Bowlby Hall. Look out for something new. Have your laundry work done by the Valet Laundry. Mr. Charles Miller will call for and deliver laundry. Telephone, N. W. 848-J 2, or call at 154-156 E. Sixth street. Mr. Allen French now has charge of the choir at St. Phillips, which has been reorganized and good music may be expected at all services. T. H. LYLES W. B. ELLIOTT Res. 642 Rondo Res. 411 Univ'ty. Tel. Dale 617-J 2. Tel. Dale 1454J. LYLES₁ & ELLIOTT. Funeral-Directors and Embalmers. 322 Wabasha St. Calls Answered Day or Night in Twin Cities. Active Pall Bearers Furnished If Desired. Lady Assistant When Necessary. Both Phones 508. St. Paul, Minn. NOTICE! Every article sent to THE APEAL for publication should bear the signature and address of the sender, as no unsigned article will be published. FOR RENT—Three or four rooms furnished or unfurnished for light housekeeping. Apply to Mrs. W. C. Bramer, 282 W. 3d st., near Pleasant, (2t) Mr. and Mrs. Samuel J. Lane, the "newly wed," are at home to their friends at 753 Fauquier street, instead of 471 Central, as announced last week. The usual annual memorial service of Gopher Lodge No. 105, I. B. P. O. E. W., will be held at Pilgrim Baptist church, Sunday evening, Dece THE STATE SAVINGS BANK Fourth and Minnesota Sts., St. Paul, insures not only absolute safety, but is an incentive to practice economy and put away small sums whenever convenient. Interest compounded Jan- uary and July each year at 3 1/2% per annum. Deposits Over $3,000,000.00 OFFICERS Charles P. Noyes, Prest. Kenneth Clark, V. Pres. Charles G. Lawrence, Treas. DRAMATIC PRODUCTION OF THE CENTURY THE NINETY AND NINE BY RAMSAY MORRIS ONE HALF YEAR IN NEW YORK CITY THE THRILLINGLY REALISTIC FOREST FIRE SCENE THE THRILLINGLY REALISTIC FOREST FIRE SCENE. Grand All Next Week—Special The masterly manner in which Ramsay Morris, the playwright, has handled the time-honored theme of the "black sheep" in his rural offering, the "Ninety and Nine," leaves little to be asked by the patrons of popular priced melodrama. He has created the characters from the lowest to the star, with a commendable fidelity to nature and a breadth of the prairie permeates the action of the story amid the big- 1st. Excellent program. Everybody invited. The Lemon Club of St. Paul will give its initial full dress stag party in the private parlor of the Dublin Inn on next Thursday (Thanksgiving) evening. Covers will be laid for fifteen. By no manner of means must you forget the grand Thanksgiving party by the Profit and Pleasure Club at Bowlby Hall next Thursday night. It will be the great Thanksgiving event. The Mecca Club will give their grand entertainment on New Year's night at a new and swell hall larger than Bowley's. The most up-to-date hall in the city. Look out for a pleasant surprise. Mr. Godon, the mandolin player from Dakota who was refused admission to the University club on account of color, is now a member of Hamilton's Mandolin Club and is quite an acquisition. The Men's Union Club of St. James meets at 4:00 o'clock. There will be addresses by Mr. F. D. Parker, paper by Mr. J. J. Allen, duet by Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Lyles, "Hiuts and Suggestions" by Mr. W. E. Mitchell. One of the principal attractions of the Carnival Fair to be held by St. Thomas Mission, Minneapolis, at K. P. Hall, No. 211 Hennepin avenue, Dec. 5th and 6th, will be the booths of all nations. A fine program each night. Tickets only 10 cents. The society people may now prepare for the swell Third Annual Party of the Meecar Club, which will be given in the new hall on New Year's night. Invitations will shortly be issued. The gentlemen of the club intend to excel all other efforts. THE ST. LOUIS KITCHEN, Mrs. Julia Hinson, proprietor,No. 317 Wabasha, up stairs. Meals 25cts. Breakfast from 7:00 to 11:00 a.m., Dinner from 12:00 m. to 3:00 p. m.; Supper from 5:00 to 8:00 p. m. All regular meals 25 cts. All home cooking. Tel. N. W. Main 2315 L. The dance given by the Hamilton Mandolin Club at Tschida's Hall last Thursday night was a delightful affair, which was enjoyed by a swell crowd. The new hall is great, every one says. Remember, the next dance is held on Thursday, Dec. 5th. Don't miss it. There will be special services held at the Elks' new hall, 126 E. Third street, on tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 sharp under the auspices of Gopher Lodge No. 105, I. B. P. O. E. W. There will be an address by Rev. W. D. Carter, chaplain. Special musical program. Public cordially invited. If you wish a good heating stove, one like the one that always drove the people out of Mr. J. S. Strong's house last Tuesday night at WALLS More Effort Club, go to WALL-BLOM'S. No. 398 Jackson street, and get the "Imperial Coral Heater." It's a heater that heats. Handled only by Wallbloom. PORTERS' AND WAITERS' CLUB, 119 Wabasha street, upstairs. Pool, Billiards and Reading Rooms. St. Louis Kitchen Cafe in connection. Club open from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. m. Phone N. W. Main 2315-J. J. W. Christman, President; C. D. Pickett, Manager. A pleasant and agreeable place for gentlemen to spend leisure hours. The Valet Tailoring Co., which has been in successful operation for several years, has decided to enlarge its business scope and has reorganized as follows: C. H. Miller, president; G. Wright, vice president; J. H. Hickman, Sr., secretary and treasurer; Owen Howen, manager, under whose able management the present success of the company has been attained. KENDRICK RESTAURANT. Try the Kendrick Restaurant. No. 115 E. Third Street, upstairs, when you wish a good meal with the quickest and best service. Open from 7 a. m. to 12 p. m. Regular dinner from 12:00 m. to 2:30 p. m. 25 cents. Other meals to order at all hours. Reasonable prices our motto. Tel. N. W. Main 6444, Twin City 1150. A. K. Clark, proprietor. FOR RENT—Four rooms on second floor, with furnace heat, gas, bath, hot and cold water and other conveniences, may be had at 607 hearted, simple living, country folks, the West Tom Singleton, the terrific man who, for a little, give way to despair and allows the curse of drink to fasten its hand on his life, responds nobly when the issue is forced upon him and furnishes a splendid bit of mimic realism when he guides the throbbing engine through a forest fire to the rescue of the little city and its doomed inhabitants. Rondo street. Suitable as a flat for light housekeeping. Will rent furnished or unfurnished, or will rent one or more rooms separately. Apply to S. G. Thompson, 28 E. 4th street, Room 16, or call at 607 Rondo street. The fourth of the popular series of dances to be given by the Hamilton Mandolin Club will be given in their new hall, Tschida's Hall, corner Arundel and Lafond streets, Thursday evening, Dec. 15. This is a swell new hall, large, roomy, clean, ladies' reception rooms, steam-heat, hot and cold water, everything for your comfort. Take "Hamline and Jackson" car to Arundel and go north one block. St. Philip's Episcopal church, corner Mackubin and Aurora. A. H Lealtad, rector. On Sunday evening, Nov. 24, at 8:00 p. m., Bishop Edsall will speak on the subject of "Afro-American Bishops in the Episcopal Church." This is a subject that has been widely discussed lately. It is hoped that all who are interested in our advancement, spiritually and materially, will attend and hear the Bishop. Special music. THE VALET TAILORING CO. No. 154 166. E. Sixth street. The most up-to-date establishment of its kind in the city. Clothing made to order, sponged, pressed, renovated and repaired. Goods called for and delivered. Four suits pressed for $1. They also conduct a laundry business and are prepared to give best service at lowest rates. Smokers' parlor attached and best brands of cigars and tobacco, etc., on hand. Tel. N. W. 848-J2. Twin City 2979. The members of the building committee of the U. B. F. and S. M. T. are requested to meet at the residence of the chairman, Mr. Owen Howell, 438 St. Anthony avenue, next Tuesday evening. The gentlemen members of the committee are: Owen Howell, chairman; C. H. Miller, J. Dickman, Sr., Dr. W. D. Bloom, J. H. harleston, Dr. Durant, J. Q Adams, J. H. Hickham, O. C. Allen, J. H. Dillingham, O. C. Hall F. L. McGhee, J. P. Anderson. The ladies who have been appointed to represent the S. M. T. are also expected to be present. On Thursday evening last the Dublin Inn was the scene of a very gay stag party, given in honor of Mr. F. D. McCracken, the popular young clerk of Congressman F. C. Stevens, who left on the following day for the winter duties in Washington. The table was very beautiful decorated, and Messrs. Harris & Dickinson, proprietors of the Dublin Inn, did their utmost to prepare a menu that was fit for a king and were successful in their attempt. A. V. Hall acted as toast master and speeches and good cheer forth for the entire evening. Those present were: Marion Bolding, James Howard, Sidney Mussenden, Leonard Roberts, Wm. Salters, A. W. Haynes, W. Rutledge, A. V. Hall, John Hickman, Jr., of St. Paul, and Messrs. Combs, Colter and Robert Marshall of Minneapolis. THE STROLLING PLAYERS The Attraction at the Star Next Week. "The Belle of Avenue A," one of the most successful musical comedies that has been set in New York for a number of years, will be the main feature of the entertainment present by the Strolling Players at the Star Theatre. It is in condensed form with only the funniest comedy situations, and the best of the songs and ensemble numbers retained. The cast is one of the strongest obtainable, including Toma Hanlon, And Rice, Tom Barry, Nat Wixon and Burt Eaton, Madge Hughes, Albert Davis, the Church City Quartette and the Dolly Sisters. Of course there is a large chorus of pretty girls, including a number of show girls, dancers and figurantes. EXTRA! Jack Johnson, the Afro-American heavyweight fighter, will appear at each performance and meet all comers in a three-round boxing exhibition. The patrons of The Autumn Leaf Dancing School are hereby notified that the sessions will be held on the 1st and 3d Wednesdays of each month at Holcomb Hall, and that all are invited, Madam Hale, principal. The pastor will preach Sunday at 11 o'clock. Subject, "Heaven's Hallelujah Chorus." A Thanksgiving Sermon. The service will be under the Men's Union Club Sunday night. It will be in the nature of a thanksgiving service. General subject, "The Afro-American and the Nation." The Hon. Fred L. McGhee and J. Max Barbar will be the speakers, together with others. [Image of a man in a suit with a bow tie]. W. M. GIBBS You are cordially invited to call and see my new place No. 69 % West Third street where you may be served all the delicacies of the season on short notice. Open day and night. Hot waffles in a minute. Oysters in every style. Private dining rooms for ladies and gentlemen. HELP THE BOYS Contribute to the Gymnasium Fund of the Boys' Culture Club. The Boys' Culture Club takes this opportunity to thank the twenty-seven (27) good citizens of St. Paul for contributing $26 of the $50 asked to pay for sympathetic outfit which we have contracted for $50 was to have been paid on or be fore October 20, 1907, but owing to the fact that we raided to raise the stated amount on that date, we have asked for the time to be extended, and the time was extended 30 days. Will you help us to raise the remaining $24 within the next 30 days? Trusting that we have 24 more good friends that will give us $1 each, for which we would be very thankful. Send all your contributions to Manager M. A. Bolling, 464 Arundel street. Boys' Culture Club. HOTEL DWYER. 224 Washington Av. S. Minneapolis Minn M. B. Hotel Dwyer has been refitted and refinished and is in first class order throughout. Rooms with heat, electric light and bath, by the day, week or month. Hotel always open for business. Terms reasonable. The forty-fourth anniversary of Pilgrim Baptist church will be celebrated at the evening service, Nov. 24th. A special program is being prepared with Hon. John Day Smith, of Minneapolis, as the principal speaker. Judge Smith is one of the ablest judges of the Northwest and also a man who has had our advancement at heart. His subject will be: "The Value of a Church in a Community." When you stop to think of the fact that Pilgrim Baptist church has lived in this city for 44 years, you will doubtless wish to attend the service on the 24th. Public cordially invited. It is time to build that high board fence around your daughter when she begins to walk out to the gate in the evening, and look wistful.—Atchison Globe. The office of THE APPEAL has been moved from the third floor of the Union Blokc. No. 49 E., 4th Street, to more commodious quarters on the fifth floor, front suite No. 236. Defective Page ORIGIN OF WINE. It Dates From Very Ancient Times— The Monk's Lesson. DOINGS IN AND ABOUT THE GREAT "FLOUR CITY." The grape, whose purple flood man for century after century has converted into wine, is a Persian by birth. Its cradle was on the sunny hills to the south of the Caspian sea, and there the ancients ate it and enjoyed its acid taste. The men of Caubul ground it to a dry powder and ate it with relish, half as medicine, half because they liked it. And then those days went by, and we hear of the renowned grapes of Palestine, which grew in immense clusters and weighed fifteen pounds to the bunch. Noah planted the vine immediately after the deluge; the book of Genesis mentions bread and wine, and the Israelites complained that Moses and Aaron had brought them out of Egypt into a dry and barren land where there were neither figs nor vines. A large crowd attended the concert at St. Peter's Tuesday evening. Miss Maud Mason was the guest of Miss Hattie for several days last week. Mrs. Mattie Burton of St. Paul spent several days with Mrs. Henry Richardson last week. The representative of THE AP-PEAL may be addressed at 414 Fourteenth avenue southeast. From the earliest times the evil effects of wine have been reported. The sin of Lot is supposed to have been committed under the influence of the wine, and the evil power of the vine is well illustrated by the story of the monk to whom Satan offered a choice of three sins, one of which was drunk enness. The poor monk chose this, and when he was drunk committed the other two. The Pastor's Aid Society of St James' church meets every Friday evening. Literary programme. "I am for Men." HENRY GEORGE CIGAR 5c. Winston, Harper, Fisher Co. Distributors. Minneapolis. Bill Nye, when a young man, once made an engagement with a lady friend of his to take her driving of a Sunday afternoon. The appointed day came, but at the livery stable all the horses were taken out save one old, shaky, exceedingly bony horse. Mr. Nye hired the nag and drove to his friend's house. The lady let him wait nearly an hour before she was ready, and then, on viewing the disreputable suit, flatly refused to accompany Mr. Nye. "Why," she exclaimed, sneeringly, "that horse may die of age any moment." "Madam," Mr. Nye replied, "when I arrived that horse was a prancing young steed." R:lchester Indian in the World, Push-me-ta-ha, former chief of the Osages, is said to be the richest Indian in the world. His wealth is estimated at $2,000,000, and that of his entire family, consisting, besides himself, of three wives and seventeen children, at $10,000,000. The riches of these aborigines are the result of the discovery of oil and gas on their land's. The old chief's monthly income from oil and gas royalties alone is $30,000. He lives in a miserable log hut eight miles from Tuisa, I. T., and derives no real benefit from his large revenue. Hard to Suit. "When your mother-in-law fell into the water, why didn't you help to get her out?" "My dear madam, you must know that nothing I've ever done has pleased her!" STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF Ramsey,—ss. In Probate Court, in Hatteras Proving the alleged Last Will and Testament of Jane Patterson, Decedent The State of Minnesota to All Whom it may Concern: it may Concern: the City of St. Paul, and State of Minnesota, has delivered to the Probate Court of the County of Ramsey, an instrument to grant the petition Will and Testament of Jane Patterson, late of Ramsey County, Minnesota, decedent and filed therewith his petition said instrument may be proved and admitted to probate and that Letters Testament be granted thereon Scott Walker of the City of St. Paul. IT IS ORDERED, that said petition be heard and that all persons interested in it appear before this Court on Monday the 9th day of December 1907, at 10 o'clock A. M., or as soon thereafter as the Court will admit the Batee Court Rooms in the Court House in the City of St. Paul in said County, as show cause, any they have, with said petition should be admitted and said will admitted to probate and that this citation be served by the publication thereof in "Appeal" according to law. WITNESS the Judge of said Court this 12th day of November A. D. 1907. Judge of Probate. Judge of Probate. Third and Minnesota THE RESCENT REA Both Telephones 304 Our Motto. and Cream put up in Sanitary Tight Stoppers the City Third and Minnesota THE RESCENT CREAMERY CO. Both Telephones 304 Purity-Our Motto. Clarified and Pasteurized Milk and Cream put up in Sanitary Bottles with Air Tight Stoppers Daily Delivery to all parts of the City SPECIALS Dining Room Chairs A more handsome line of dining room chairs has never been shown in the city. We quote here a few of the many bargains for the day of the thanks. Regular Special No. 705 Weathered Oak Leather Box Seat Diner $2.00 $1.50 No. 223 Golden Oak Wood Seat Diner.....2.75 2.07 No. 29 Golden Oak Leather Box Seat Diner.....3.50 2.63 THE WALLBLOM 388 TO 488 JACKSON STREET, S *THE HOUSE THAT SAVES LOM FURNITURE & CARPET CO., STREET, ST. PAUL, MINN. SAVES YOU MONEY." 338 TO 488 JACKSON STREET, ST. PAUL, MINN. "THE HOUSE THAT SAVES YOU MONEY." F. W. GOSWEISCH Clerk of Probate. S. G. THOMPSON, Attorney. Matters Social, Religious and General Which Have Happened and are to Happen Among the People of the City. Drink Golden Grain Belt Beer. Mr. Scott Blake continues to be very ill at the hospital. The Bible Institute and Culture Club has resumed its meetings for the winter every Monday evening. Mr. W. H. H. Franklin has been appointed local agent of The Appeal advertising department. All business placed in his hands will be promptly attended to. Office 1020 Metropolitan Life Bldg. The Deans, the independent football team of which Bobby Marshall is captain and coach, is one of the best teams in the country. It is made up of former University stars. They would make the U. team go some to beat them. The Woman's Guild of St. Thomas Mission will hold a Carnival Fair at K. of P. Hall, 211 Hennepin avenue, Thursday and Friday, Dec. 5th and 6th. A program will be rendered each evening and characteristic lunches will be served at the different booths each evening. Admission 10 cents. WHEN IN ST. PAUL go to the St. Louis Kitchen, 3171 Wabasha St, upstairs, for your meals. All home cooking. All regular meals 25 cents. Breakfast from 7:00 to 11:00 a. m.; dinner from 12:00 m. to 3:00 p. m.; supper from 5:00 to 8:00 p. m. Tel. N. W. Main 2135—L. Mrs. Julia Hinson, Prop. Minneapolis patrons wishing to attend the assemblies of the Hamilton Mandolin Club, held Thursday evening. Dec. 5th, and every two weeks thereafter, should take the Interurban car to Midway, then change to the "Hamline Depot" car; leave car at Arundel and go north one block to Tschida's Hall. The musicale given under the auspices of the Wayman Home Circle at St. Peter A. M. E. church, Tuesday evening, was a most splendid affair throughout. The Hurst orchestra, of course, was the main feature and sustained its excellent reputation. Miss Myrtle, Brand sang "The Heavy Song," and was great. Mr. Clair, and the Armorer, made a "hit!" Others on the organ, Mrs. Bernice Hale, Mist Hurst, Mr. E. B. Jones, R. R. W. Thompson and A. S. Shaw, all of whom won showers of applause. The next card of the circle will be the Hamilton Orchestra of St. Paul, assisted by the star talent of the Twin Cities, in December. Watch for the date. He that has parted with the past by the power of Christ shall by that power be preserved in the future. The hand which has cut him off from a past of the evil man will turn to a future of his own.-P. B. Power Buffets Price..... $14.99 Price..... $14.99 No. 571 Weathered Oak ... 13.50 No. 570 Weathered Oak ... 17.15 No. 561 Weathered Oak ... 23.45 No. 561 Weathered Oak ... 17.59 No. 560 Early English ... 24.50 No. 690 Golden Oak ... 21.50 No. 690 Golden Oak ... 16.13 No. 470 Golden Oak ... 28.50 No. 470 Golden Oak ... 28.50 No. 306 Golden Oak ... 45.00 No. 306 Golden Oak ... 34.75 No. 166 Golden Oak ... 60.00 No. 166 Golden Oak ... 60.00 The Leading Eighth Ward Butcher, 554 St. Anthony ave., cor. Kent. 5000 pounds of Fancy, dry picked POULTRY to select your THANKSGIVING DINNER From. If you are not one of our reg. ular customers, get in line. WE DELIVER THE GOODS Telephone, Main 818-J S. & H. Green Stamps. St. Paul KOHLER BROS. Meats and Provisions Home Made Sausage Both Phones, GOR. DALE and EDMUND STS, ST. PAUL, MINN. JOHN DORNSEIFF Fine Shoes 559 University, Corner Kent Repairing Nerfly. Done St. Paul Repairing St. Paul Notly Done NIC HERGES (FORMERLY NIC WEILER) S. W. Corner Dale and University ST. PAUL, MINN. E. SCHULTZ DEALER IN Staple and Fancy Groceries. Fruits, Cigars, Confectioners, Etc. 560 Rondo, St. Paul N. W. 410-J1—PHONES—Twin City 5302 BRUCKNER BROS. DEALERS IN MEATS AND GROCERIES 445 W. University Near Arundel The Dale Street Pharmacy FRED W. WEILER. Prop. Come in and make our place your headquarters PURE DRUGS Prescriptions our Specialty Toilet Articles, Perfumes, Stationery, Combs, Brushes, Etc. Corner Dale St. and University Ave. ST. PAUL, MINN. Tel. Main 1678—E. Dr. Valdo Turner PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Kendrick Block 27 E. 7th. OFFICE HOURS. 8 to 11 A. M., 12 to 1 P. M. 2 to 5 P. M. Sunday 10 to 11 A. M. Res. 386 St. Albans, Tel. Dale 618-J2 Tel. N. W. Main 2179-L. J. H. HICKMAN, JR. ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR. AT LAW. 23 E. 4th St., Room 16, ST. PAUL. Wm. H. H. FRANKLIN LAWYER 1020 Metropolitan Life Bldg. Formerly Guaranty Loan Bldg. Phone Main 3183 L2 MINNEAPOLIS 'Phone Dale 821-J H. SHEFFER GROCER FRESH BUTTER AND EGGS 441 RONDO ST.