The Appeal

A LITANY OF ATLANTA THE MOTON INCIDENT Comments of Colored Contemporaries on Major Moton's Failure to Resent the Humiliation of His Wife and the Insult to the Colored People of the Country. Principal of Tuskegee Institute has not yet replied to the Open Letter of the Crisis and the Comments of the Press. Speak Out Major! If you have ought that's fit to sell, Use printer's ink, and use it well. AL A Litany of Atlanta Silent God, Thou whose voice afar in mist a left our ears an-hungered in these fearful day Hear us, good Lord! Listen to us, Thy children: our faces dark with a mockery in Thy sanctuary. With uplifted hand heaven, O God, crying: se voice afar in mist and mystery hath treated in these fearful days— en: our faces dark with doubt, are made v. With uplifted hands we front Thy Silent God, Thou whose voice afar in mist and mystery hath left our ears an-hungered in these fearful days— Hear us, good Lord! Listen to us, Thy children: our faces dark with doubt, are made a mockery in Thy sanctuary. With uplifted hands we front Thy heaven, O God, crying: We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord! We are not better than our fellow Lord, we are but weak and human men. When our devils do deviaty, curse Thou the doer and the deed: curse them as we curse them, do to them all and more than ever they have done to innocence and weakness, to womanhood and home. our fellow Lord, we are but weak and is do devatry, curse Thou the doer and curse them, do to them all and more innocence and weakness, to womanhood We are not better than our fellow Lord, we are but weak and human men. When our devils do devatry, curse Thou the doer and the deed: curse them as we curse them, do to them all and more than ever they have done to innocence and weakness, to womanhood and home. Have mercy upon us, miserable sinners! And yet whose is the deeper guilt? Who made these devils? Who nursed them in crime and fed them on injustice? Who ravished and debauched their mothers and their grandmothers? Who bought and sold their crime, and waxed fat and rich on public iniquity? keeper guilt? Who made these devils? Who fed them on injustice? Who ravished them and their grandmothers? Who bought fat and rich on public iniquity? God I other, that guile be easier than innocence, the guilt of the untouched guilty? 1 Is not the God of the fathers dead? His halls Thine heaved and lifeless forming smoke of sin, where all along bowed. 1 But flown afar, up hills of endless light, is, where worlds do swing of good and free—far from the cozenage, blackion of this shameful speck of dust! Weave us not to perish in our sin! 1 Rest of blood THE I Colored Contemporary Insult to the Crown has not yet And yet whose is the deeper guilt? Who made these devils? Who nursed them in crime and fed them on injustice? Who ravished and debauched their mothers and their grandmothers? Who bought and sold their crime, and waxed fat and rich on public iniquity? Thou knowest, good God! Is this Thy justice, O Father, that guile be easier than innocence, and the innocent crucified for the guilt of the untouched guilty? Justice, O Judge of men! Wherefore do we pray? Is not the God of the fathers dead? Have not seers seen in Heaven's halls Thine hearsed and lifeless form stark amidst the black and rolling smoke of sin, where all along bow bitter forms of endless dead? Is this Thy justice, O Father, that guile be easier than innocence, and the innocent crucified for the guilt of the untouched guilty? Justice, O Judge of men! Wherefore do we pray? Is not the God of the fathers dead? Have not seers seen in Heaven's halls Thine hearsed and lifeless form stark amidst the black and rolling smoke of sin, where all along bow bitter forms of endless dead? Awake, Thou that sleepest! Thou art not dead, but flown afar, up hills of endless light, thru blazing corridors of suns, where worlds do swing of good and gentle men, of women strong and free—far from the cozenage, black hypocrisy and chaste prostitution of this shameful speck of dust! Turn again, O Lord, leave us not to perish in our sin! Thou art not dead, but flown afar, up hills of endless light, thru blazing corridors of suns, where worlds do swing of good and gentle men, of women strong and free—far from the cozenage, black hypocrisy and chaste prostitution of this shameful speck of dust! Turn again, O Lord, leave us not to perish in our sin! From lust of body and lust of blood Great God deliver us! THE Comments of Colored Contempor the Insult to the C has not yet r --- 2. Individual accumulation of wealth must gradually and inevitably give way to methods of social accumulation and equitable distribution. 3. Finally: Conciliation is wise and proper. But how far shall it go? It is here that the Crisis confesses to its deepest solicitude in your case. It cannot but remember its unanswered query of you in the case of the St. Louis luncheon. It has before it the heading of a Rochester paper which gives as your opinion that "from North one gets distorted view of South." And finally, there is the recent case of the Pullman car and your family. The Crisis will assume in all of these cases that you have not been correctly reported; that you did not voluntarily give up lunching at the St. Louis City Club; that you did not assert that the South was maligned the North, and above all, that you did not say that you had no sympathy with the attempt of members of your family to ride on Pullman cars in the South. The Crisis knows only too well the way in which Southern newspapers put such sentiments into the mouth of colored leaders; but the point upon which we insist is this: that such atrocious statements cannot be always passed in silence. We do not wish the principal of Tuskegee to spend his valuable time in answering calumnies and misstatements, but we do believe that when so monstrous a statement is made, as in the case of the Pullman car, something besides silence and acquiescence is called for. tion of poverty, the emancipation of tion of women, the suppression of crime and the overcoming of ignorance. The Crisis assumes—indeed, it knows—that in these matters you be- lieve substantially, as you do, and that the real differences between us, if there be such, lie in matters of presen- t emphasis and present procedure. We assume, without demur, that following the late Booker T. Wash- ington you will place special empha- sis on vocational training, prope- ty getting and conciliation of the white South. These are necessary and against these the Crisis speaks policies, but they have their pitfalls, this warning word: 1. Only the higher and broader training will give any race its ulti- mate leadership. This Mr. Wash- ington came to realize, and this you must not forget. We hope to see, therefore, at Tuskegee in the future a carrying out and development of the best of its past work and a continued attempt to come to terms of understanding with the best of the white South; but to these policies we hope to see added a policy of making it clearly understood to the people of this country that Tuskegee does believe in the right to vote; that it does not believe in Jim- Crow cars; that it recognizes the work of the Negro colleges, and that it agrees with Charles Sumner that "Equality of rights is the first of rights." This, then, is the forward step at Tuskegee which the Crisis and its friends look for under your adminis- tration, and it desires to express its earnest hope, and indeed its faith, that you will not disappoint your fellow workers. ( VOL. 32. NO. 40 Thou knowest, good God! Awake, Thou that sleepest I (From the Crisis.) The Crisis hastens to extend to you on your accession to the headship of Tuskegee the assurances of its good will and personal respect. The Crisis does this all the more willingly because it has to some extent been the mouthpiece of many who have had occasion repeatedly to criticize the words and needs of your predecessor. Would be a matter of hope and rejoicing if your assumption of duties could be the beginning of a new era of union and understanding among the various groups of American Negroes. But understanding and co-operation must be based on frank conference and clear knowledge. As a preliminary step to such understanding the Crisis ventures in this open letter to express to you publicly its hopes and fears. It hopes that the aims of the colored American have become sufficiently clear to admit of no misunderstanding or misstatement. We desire to become American citizens with every right that pertains to citizenship: 1. The right to vote and hold office. 2. Equality before the law. 3. Equal civil rights in all public places, and in all public services. 4. A proportional share in the benefits of all public expenditures. 5. Education according to ability and aptitude. With these rights we correlate our duties as men and citizens—the abolition of poverty, the emancipation of women, the suppression of crime and the overcoming of ignorance. The Crisis assumes—indeed, it knows—that in these matters you believe substantially, as we do, and that the real differences between us, if there be such, lie in matters of present emphasis and present procedure. We assume, without demur, that following the late Booker T. Washington you will place especial emphasis on vocational training, property getting and conciliation of the white South. These are necessary and against these the Crisis speaks policies, but they have their pitfalls, this warning word: 1. Only the higher and broader training will give any race its ulti-mate leadership. This Mr. Washington came to realize, and this you must not forget. THE APPEAL. MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS. MINN.. SATURDAY: SEPTEMBER 30. 1916 IN THE NEW YORK INDEPENDENT ROM lust of power and lust of gold, Great God deliver us! From the best Great G A city lay twin Murder and and cry of death stars when chur sate the greed of Bend us In the pale our ears and he heads and leer a was mockery, for Turn age Behold this black man who paid him. The sin? Nay, but whom he had n man lieth mai children, to pow Hear us Doth not t long shall the m pound in our h crazed brutes w and burn it in h Forgive Bewildered a mobbed and m of Thy Throne, by the bones of the very blood of the Plan; give Keep no MOT libraries on Majo Colored People o replied to the O of the Pr From the leagued lying of despot and of brute, Great God deliver us! A city lay in travail, God our Lord and from her loins sprang twin Murder and Black Hate. Red and the midnight; clang, crack and cry of death and fury filled the air and trembled underneath the stars when church spires pointed silently to Thee. And all this was to sate the greed of greedy men who hide behind the veil of vengeance! Bend us Thine ear, O Lord! In the pale, still morning we looked upon the deed. We stopped our ears and held our leaping hands, but they—did they not wag their heads and teer and cry with bloody jaws: Cease from Crime! The word was mockery, for thus they train a hundred crimes while we do cure one. Turn again our captivity, O Lord! Behold this maimed and broken thing; dear God it was an humble black man who toiled and sweat to save a bit from the pittance paid him. They told him: Work and Rise. He worked. Did this man sin? Nay, but some one told how some one said another did—one whom he had never seen nor known. Yet for that man's crime this man lied maimed and murdered, his wife naked to shame, his children, to poverty and evil. Hear us, O heavenly Father! Doth not this justice of hell stink in Thy nostrils, O God? How long shall the mounting flood of innocent blood roar in Thine ears and pound in our hearts for vengeance? Pile the pale frenzy of blood-crazed brutes who do such deeds high on Thine altar, Jehovah Jireh, and burn it in hell forever and forever! Forgive us, good Lord; we know not what we say! Bewildered we are, and passion-tot, mad with the madness of a mobbed and mocked and murdered people; straining at the armposts of Thy Throne, we raise our shackled hands and charge Thee, God, by the bones of our stolen fathers, by the tears of our dead mothers, by the very blood of Thy crucified Christ: What meaneth this? Tell us the Plan; give us the Sign! THE MOTON INCIDENT. Major Robert Moton has recently been installed as principal of Tuskegee, Ala., N. and I. Institute. He made a favorable impression while here in Rochester. Everyone regrets that he was subjected to such brutal treatment, driven out of a Pullman car in Alabama. It appears, according to reports, that the riding in a Pullman car by the Motons had been a subject of discussion before the journey was begun. Mrs. Moton felt that she was clearly within her rights to ride in a Pullman car anywhere it went. The white passengers complained of her presence and when everything was opportune, they depended upon the usual law-breaking officials of Alabama to drive a defenseless woman out of the town, which she could travel with comfort and ease. A crow-crow car, where窥鸥 dwelt. It is unfair for them the white passengers that their selfish ease and comfort had made them snobs to the extent that they objected to the presence of the wife of the principal of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute—the school that the country says is "the colored man's finest educational asset." Is it possible that any white woman could be so robbed of the milk of kindness and womanly instincts that she would urge the driving of a refined mother out of her birth which the company had accepted the money for, in order that white supremacy might get the attention she all do we regret the reported abuse of Major Moton. He did not stay by his wife in her fight for her rights. He advised the submission to human oppression. He is quoted as saying that he "has the highest regard for the traditions of the South he having been born there." We commend him for his consideration of the South, but we are amazed, however, at his foresaking his wife in this hour of her humiliation. We also have respect for the traditions of the South that are humane and just, but we denounce and oppose the recent "traditions of the South," which them lynch, burn, oppress and degrade. We are under the disguise of "Southern greatness." The officer that ejected Mrs. Moton was a law-breaker and coward. The Pullman company that received her money and gave her a birth had the right to protect her. We are to choose between life, respect and rights on the one hand and Tuskegee that will teach cringing us. ```markdown ``` leagued lying of despot and of brute, God deliver us! in trawail, God our Lord and from he and Black Hate. Red and the midnight hath fury filled the air and trembled ou ch spits pointed silently to Thee. And of greedy men who hide behind the veil is Thine ear, O Lord! he, still morning we looked upon the deed, did our leaping hands, but they—did they and cry with bloody jaws: Cease from Grin or thus they train a hundred crimes while we gain our captivity, O Lord! he maimed and broken thing; dear God it w to toiled and sweat to save a bit from he told him: Work and Rise. He worked, one one told how some one said and never seen nor known. Yet for that man timed and murdered, his wife naked fiery and evil. not this justice of hell stink in Thy nostrils, all the mounting flood of innocent blood roar in our hearts for vengeance? Pile the pale fr urutes who do such deeds high on Thine altar, in it hell forever and forever! Forgive us, good Lord; we know not what we sae wilderwe are, and passion-tost, mad with the d and mocked and murdered people; straining Thone, we raise our shackled hands and chan ones of our stolen fathers, by the tears of our de blood of Thy crucified Christ: What meaneth give us the Sign! Keep not thou silence, O God! or Moton's Failu of the Country. Open Letter of th ess. Speak Ou mission to wrong and injustice in order to exist in the world, we choose the former. Between Major Moton and his courageous wife in this instance there is no real choice. Fair-minded men and women of all races sympathize with and stand by Mrs. Moton. If Tuskegee is to be continued as a mill to turn out colored boys and girls who are spineless and cowards when their civil rights are at stake, the sooner it goes to the wall the better it will be for all concerned. Great buildings, imposing machinery, beautiful grounds and varied industries amount to naught when the real Major Moton should understand now that Tuskegee is a nation's school. The millions now being sought for from all races should remain in hiding if the inhuman and brutal practices of the worst element of the South are to determine its policy. If the best whites of the South acquiesce in it, then we say move Tuskegee where it can develop character and MANHOOD. The "jim-crow" can must be fought and the time is opportunity to fight when one of the foremost women of the land has been so shamelessly humiliated and apparently forsaken by her strong defender. Major Moton's task is a difficult one, but let him start right. If the advice given his brother and wife is characteristic of what he will give students, we quake and tremble for colored boys and girls. (REV.) WM. A. BOYD, Rochester, N. Y. RESENTMENT NEEDED. (St. Paul Appeal Editorial) After having been granted Pullman tickets from Montgomery, Alabama to Savannah, Georgia, the wife of Major Robert R. Moton, recently installed as principal of Tuskegee Institute, and Blanton Moton, his brother, were ejected from the car by "two policemen and some of the best citizens" of Troy, Ala. Although they had paid Pullman fares and were interstate passengers, both were forced to ride in the jimcrow car. The wires tell us that when Major Moton was informed of the matter, he condoned it saying that he "respected the traditions of the South and had no resentment against the people who committed the outrage." THE APPEAL has no hesitancy in saying that if Major Moton is quoted correctly and feels that way that he is unfitted for the presidency of an institution which is designed to fit col- --- Done at Atlanta, in the Day of Death, 1906. W. E. BURGHARDT. DU. BOUS. ored youth for life. Manhood should be the basis of all training. What more is needed to make a man resentful than an attack on his wife? A being who would not defend his wife against every foe is unworthy to be called a man. Even among the lower animals the males willingly give up their lives in defense of their mates. The present unhappy state of the colored people in the United States is largely due to the servile tactics of the so-called leaders who have been trained to defend themselves when attacked but have actually advised submission to great wrongs. Has Shown His Hand. (From the Cleveland Gazette.) Four days after the inauguration as principal of Tuskegee, Ala., Normal and Industrial Institute the South forces Major Moton to "show his hand" and there is not even a "deuce" in it for the race. One thing sure and that is from a racial standpoint he is certainly no improvement upon Booker T. Washington. Unfit to Teach Our Children. (From the Martinsburg Pioneer Press.) This paper has no retraction to make in the Major Moton affair. It thought then and knows now that no improvement was made by his promotion. Booker T. Washington's palace in New York was for manhood rights not only in the North as well for untold years to come, and his successor's ambition is to be patted on the back and be called "a good darkey"—to the lower regions with the "good darkey" class. Any man who goes back on his wife when he leaves the country, his rights paid for, to ride in a Pullman unfit to lead and teach our children Major Moton, please don't assume the attitude of an apologist. We are hoping for big things from you. We know and appreciate the difficulties of your position. Stand squarely and firmly for justice to your race. No apology is due from either Mrs. Moton or yourself, because as a cultured and refined woman she preferred to ride in a Pullman rather than in a "Jim Crow" car in which "equal ac In business, fortunes are not realized Unless your goods are amply advertised. IT no longer blind, Lord God, deaf to our prayer and dumb to our dumb suffering. Surely Thou too art not white, O Lord, a pale, bloodless, heartless thing? Ah! Christ of all the Pities! Forgive the thought! Forgive these wild, blasphemous words. Thou art still the God of our black fathers, and in Thy soul's soul sit some soft darkenings of the evening, some shadowings of the velvet night. But whisper—speak—call, great God, for Thy silence is white terror to our hearts! The way, O God, show us the way and point us the path. Whither? North is greed and South is blood; within, the coward, and without, the liar. Whither? To death? Amen! Welcome dark sleep! Whither? To life? But not this life, dear God, not this. Let the cup pass from us, tempt us not beyond our strength, for there is that clamoring and clawing within, to whose voice we would not listen, yet sudder lest we must, and it is red, Ah! God! It is a red and awful shape. Selah! In yonder East trembles a star. Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord! Lord, we have done these pleading, wavering words. We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord! Thy will, O Lord. be done! Kyrie Eleison! Lord, we have done these pleading, We beseech Thee to hear us, good We bow our heads and hearken so and little children. We beseech Thee to hear us, good Our voices sink in silence and in nigh Hear us, good Lord! In night, O God of a godless land! Amen! In silence, O Silent God. Selah! Atlanta, in the Day of Death, 1906. IDEN the Humiliation of Tuskegee Institu- the Comments commodations" are not provided, and in which the conditions are seldom sanitary or pleasant. Major Moton's First Duty. (From the New York News.) The future of the great work at Tuskegee, may call for an offending silence, but it will never be helped long or to any great degree by an abject surrender of the race's rights Major Moton's first duty to himself and his race is to set himself now and at all times four square with the progress of his people. Must Contend for Rights. (From Richmond Planet.) We do not just understand the position of Principal Robert R. Motton in the …… . . . . . . . . . There is no other course to ruse than to continue to contend for R. Motton, even though we are rebuked and appointed in so doing. No question is ever settled until it is settled right. We must continue to appeal to the conscience of the American people. We must continue to attempt to enforce our rights through the courts of the land, even though some of them may be prejudiced against us. The Color Line (From the Chicago Evening Post.) Major Moton is quoted as saying that he bears no resentment against anyone for the treatment accorded his wife. If he were an American, he would resent it hotly and the railroad would pay damages. As an Afro-American he may not act on the impulse of self-respect and chivalry; he must cringe and submit. (From the Richmond Planet.) Principal R. R. Moton has gone to work. It would be well for it to keep at it and to have nothing further to say about that Pullman sleeping car incident. No Mo- mered to a ac- From the Union, Cincinnati, O.) If the above is true (referring to the "Moton Incident") then Major Moton will rise to fame and fortune as did his illustrious predecessor. $2.40 PER YEAR. leaf to our prayer and dumb to you too art not white, O Lord, a these wild, blasphemous words. mers, and in Thy soul's soul sit some shadowings of the velvet God, for Thy silence is white show us the way and point us South is blood; within, the er? To death? is life, dear God, not this. Let ond our strength, for there is those voice we would not listen, d, Ah! God! It is a red and sath the Lord! g, wavering words. Lord! soft to the sobbing of women Lord! light. W. E. BURGHARDT DU BOIS. of His Wife and cute "Crooking the pregnant hinges of the knee that thrift may follow fawning" brings wealth from the great masses of white people alright, but it also brings a vast amount of contempt. There is so much bowing, cringing and nauseate servility shown by some of our people, is it any wonder annointed, and therefore vastly super that even the 25th class of white people feel that they are the Lord's rior to all colored people? THE HAND PICKED LEADER. (From the Kansas Elevator.) The Elevator would like to know if the time has not arrived when colored men should select their own leaders instead of leaving the delicate task to the hands of designing men of the opposite race, and if any colored man can serve two masters at one and the same time, and if as a general proposition, the "hand picked leader" is not always against his race? Shun Them as Vipera: (From the Martinsburg Pioneer-Press) Just as long as the negro believes "he has a place," and is constantly jerking off his hat when out of it, he will be the cause of many others enduring hardships forever and aye. As long as a certain class of whites take to this class of scyphants, the more rigidly those who wear their sorely eighty under their own hats, should denounce, discard and shun them as they would a viper. IS HE TOO, A TRUCKLER? (From the Boston Guardian) It is said that Major R. R. Moton, principal of the Tuskegee Institute, condones the recent outrageous treatment of his wife who was ousted from a Pullman sleeper in Alabama and compelled to ride in the "jimcrow" car because of her color. If Major Moton is willing to condone such an outrage it is evidence that he is not the man to be at the head of a great institution for the "training of young colored men." The first thing to be taught our youth is manhood, for without that they can never amount to anything, and a man who does not resent an attack on his own wife is certainly not the person to teach manhood to others. The beasts of the jungle will fight to the death to protect their mates. 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Tell ws 9% 4 we fgg 9 From lust of body and lust of blood y the Plan; give us the Sign! + # In silence, O Sileat God, ake at a hive wsthe Sign! oo ta stece, mments of Colored Contemporaries on Major Moton’s Failure to Resent the Humiliation of His Wife an the Insult to the Colored People of the Country. Principal of Tuskegee Institute has not yet replied to the Open Letter of the Crisis and the Comments of the Press. Speak Out Maior! 0) Se ee ME: AN OPEN LETTER TO ROBERT RUSSA MOTON. (From the Crisis.) The Crisis hastens to extend to you ‘on your accession to the headship of Tuskegee the assurances of its good will and personal respect. ‘The Crisis does this all the more willingly be- cause it has to some extent been the mouthpiece of many who have had oc- casion repeatedly to criticize the words and deeds of your predecessor. It would be a matter of hope and rejoicing if your assumption of new duties could be the beginning of new era of union and understanding among the various groups of Ameri can Negroes. But understanding and co-operation must be based on frank conference and clear knowledge. As a prelimi. nary step to such understanding the Crisis ventures in this open letter tc express to you publicly its hopes and fears. It hopes that the aims of the col ored American have become suff ciently clear to admit of no misunder standing or misstatement. We desire to become American citizens witt every right that pertains to citizen ship: 1, The right to vote and hold office 2, Equality before the law. 3, Equal civil rights in all public places, and in all public services. 4. A proportional share in the bene fits of all public expenditures. 5, Education according to abilit and aptitude. ‘With these rights we correlate ou duties as men and citizens—the abol tion of poverty, the emancipation o women, the suppression of crime an the overcoming of ignorance. ‘The Crisis assumes—indeed, knows—that in these matters you be lieve substantially, as we do, and tha the real differences between us, i there be such, lle in matters of pres ent emphasis and present procedure. We assume, without demur, tha following the late Booker ‘T. Wash ington you will place especial em phasis on vocational training, pro erty getting and conciliation of th white South, These are necessar; and against these the Crisis speak policies, but they have their pitfall this warning word: 1. Only the higher and broade training will give any race its ult mate leadership. This Mr. Washing ton came to realize, and this you mus not forget. Intentional Duplicate Exposure | 2, Individual accumulation of wealth must gradually and inevitably give way to methods of social accumula. tion and equitable distribution. 3. Finally: Conciliation is wise and proper, But how far shall it go? It is here that the Crisis confesses to its deepest solicitude in your case. It ‘cannot but remember its unanswered query of you in the case of the St. Louis luncheon. It has before it the heading of a Rochester paper which gives as your opinion that “from ‘North one gets distorted view of South.” And finally, there is the re- |cent case of the Pullman car and your family, | ‘The Crisis ‘will assume in all of jthese cases that you have not been ‘eorrectly reported; that you did not yoluntarily give up lunching at the -St. Louis City Club; that you did not assert that the South was maligned usually at the North, and above all, that you did not say that you had no sympathy with the attempt of mem [bers of your family to ride on Pull ‘man cars in the South, | The Crisis knows only too well the way in which Southern newspapers ‘put such sentiments into the mouths of colored leaders; but the point upon which we insist is this: that such atrocious statements cannot be al ways passed in silence, ‘We do riot wish the principal of Tuskegee to spend his valuable time in answering calumnies and misstate ments, but we do believe that wher so monstrous a statement is made, as in the case of the Pullman car, some thing besides silence and acquiéscenc 1s called for. | We hope to see, therefore, at Tus Kegee in the future a carrying ow and development of the best of it {past work and a continued attempt t \come to terms of understanding wit the best of the white South; but t | these policies we hope to see added « policy of making it clearly understoo to the people of this country that Tus Kegee does believe in the right t |vote; that it does not believe in Jim |Crow cars; that it recognizes th || work of the Negro colleges, and that { agrees with Charles Sumner tha [Equality of rights is the frst 0 | rights.” ‘| This, then, is the forward step a Tuskegee which the Crisis and tt ‘|friends look for under your adminis -|tration, and it desires to express it -Jearnest hope, and indeed its faith }| that you will not disappoint your fel low workers, THE MOTON INCIDENT. (From the Cleveland Gazette.) Major Robert Moton has recently been installed as principal of Tuske- gee, Ala, N. and I, Institute. He made a ‘favorable impression while here in Rochester. Everyone regrets to know that his wife was subjected to such brutal treatment as to be driven out of a Pullman car in Ala- bama. It appears, according to re- ports, that the riding in a Pullman ear by the Motons had been a subject of discussion before the journey was begun. Mrs. Moton felt that she was clearly within her rights to ride in a Pullman car anywhere it went. The white passengers complained of her presence and when everything was ‘opportune, they depended upon the usual law-breaking officials of Alabama to drive a defenseless woman out of the car, in which she could travel with comfort and ease, into a “Jim-crow” ear, where vermin dwelt. It is very unfortunate for the white passengers that their selfish ease and comfort had made them snobs to the extent that they objected to the presence of the wite of the principal of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute—the school that the country says is “the colored man’s finest educational asset.” Is it possible that any white Woman could be so robbed of the milk of Kindness and womanly instincts that she would urge the driving of Tefined mother out of her berth which she had purchased, which the com pany had accepted ‘the money for, ir order that white supremacy might ‘get another boost? Above all do we re gret the reported statement issued by Major Moton. He did not stand b3 his wife in her fight for her rights He advised the submission to in human oppression. He is quoted as saying that he “has the highest re gard for the traditions of the South he having been born there.” We commend him for his consideratior Jof the South, but we are amazed however, at his foresaking his wife i | this hour of her humiliation. We als have respect for the traditions of th ;South that are humane and just, bu We denounce and opiose the recen iMtraditions of the South,” whict make them lynch, burn, oppress anc degrade the colored race under th disguise of “Southern chivalry an¢ greatness.” The officer that ejecte Mrs. Moton was a law-breaker anc coward. The Pullman company tha Tecelved her money and gave her + berth had the right to protect her. I We are to choose between life, respec and rights on the one hand and Tus Kegee that will teach cringing sub mission to wrong and injustice in order to exist in the world, we choose the former. Between Major Moton and his courageous wife in this in- stance there is no real cholce.. Fair. minded men and women of all races sympathize with and stand by “Mrs, Moton. It Tuskegee 1s to be con: tinued as a mill to turn out, colored boys and girls who are spineless and ‘cowards when their civil rights are at stake, the sooner it goes to the wall the better it will be for all concerned. Great buildings, imposing machinery, Deautiful grounds and varied indus- ‘ries amount to naught when the real ‘thing, MANHOOD, is crushed out. Major Moton should understand now that Tuskegee is @ nation’s school. the millions now being sought for from all races should remain in hid. [ing it the inhuman and brutal prac. tices of the worst element of the South are to determine its policy. I the best whites of the South acquiesce in it, then we say move Tuskegee Where it can develop character and MANHOOD. The “jim-row” cat |must be fought and the time is oppor tune to fight when one of the fore most women of the land has been sc shamelessly humiliated and appar lently foresaken by her strong de |fender. Major Moton’s task:is a dif [ficult one, but let him start right. I the advice given his brother and wife ls characteristic of what he will giv students, we quake and tremble. fo [colored boys and girls. (REV.) WM. A. BoyD, Rochester, N.Y. | RESENTMENT NEEDED. (St. Paul Appeal Editorial.) After having been granted Pullman tickets from Montgomery, Alabama to Savannah, Georgia, the wife of Major Robert K. Moton, recently installed as principal of Tuskegee Institute, and Blanton Moton, his brother, were ejected from the car by .“two police- men and some of the best citizens” of Troy, Ala. Although they had paid Pallinan fares and were interstate pas sengers, both were.forced to ride in the jimcrow car. ‘The wires tell us that when Major Moton was informed of the matter, he condoned it saying that he “respected the traditions of the South and had no resentment against the people who committed the outrage.” THE APPEAL has no hesitancy in saying that if Major Moton is quoted ‘correctly and feels that way that he is unfitted for the presidency of an {institution which ts designed vo Se cot ored youth for life. Manhood should be the basis of all training. | ‘What more is needed to make a man| resentful than an attack on his wife? A being who would not defend his wife against every foe is unworthy to be called & man. ‘ven smong the lower animals the males willingly give up their lives in defense of their mates. The present unhappy state of the colored people in the United States is largely due to the servile tactics of the so-called leaders who have been not only too cowardly to defend them- selves when attacked but have actu. ally advised submission to great ‘rong. | Has Shown His Hand, (From the Cleveland Gazette.) Four days after the inauguration as principal of ‘Tuskegee, Ala,, Normal and Industrial Institute the South forces Major Moton to “show his hand” and there is not even a “deuce” 'in it for the race. One thing sure and that 1s from a racial standpoint he is certainly no improvement upon Booker T, Washington. ‘ Unfit to Teach Our Children. (From the Martinsburg Pioneer- ' Sirona This paper has no retraction to make in the Major Moton affair. It thought then and knows now that no improvement was made by his pro- motion. Booker 'T. Washington's pal- Wation gave us double work for man. hood rights not only in the South but the North as well for untold years to come, and his successor’s ambition is to be patted on the back and be called “a good darkey”—to the lower regions with the “good darkey” class. Any man who goes back on his wife when abused for contending for her rights aid for, to ride in a Pullman car, {s unfit to lead and teach: our children. | ‘Stand Squarely for Justice. - (From the Omaha Monitor.) ‘Major Moton, please don’t assume the attitude of an apologist. We are hoping for big things from you. We know and appreciate the difficulties of your position. Stand squarely and firmly for justice to your race. No apology is due from either Mrs. Mo ton or yourself, becausé as a cultured and refined;woman she preferred to ride in a Pullman rather than in s “Jim Crow” car in which “equal ac. commodations” are not provided, and in which the conditions rre seldom sanitary or pleasant. Major Moton’s First Duty. (Brom the New York News.) The future of the great work at ‘Tuskegee, may call for an offending silence, but it will never be helped long or to any great degree by an abject surrender of the race's rights. Major Moton’s first duty to himself and his race is to set himself now and at all times four square with the pro- gress of his people. Must Contend for Rights. (From Richmond Planet) ‘We do not just understand the Position of Principal Robert R. Moton in the matter .......... There is no other course to pursue than to con- tinue to contend for rights denied, jeven though we are rebuked and dis- appointed in so doing. No question is ever settled until it is settled right. We must continue to appeal to the jeonacience of the American people. ‘We must continue to attempt to en- force our rights through the courts of the land, even though some of them may be prejudiced against us, The Color Line. (From the Chicago Evening Post.) Major Moton is quoted as saying that he bears no resentment against Janyone for the treatment accorded his wife. If he were an American, he ‘would resent it hotly and the railroad would pay damages. As an Afro American he may not act on the im- pulse of self-respect and chivalry; he must cringe and submit, Unless He Can Talk Like a Man, (From the Richmond Planet.) Principal R. R. Moton has gone to work. It would be well for him to keep at it and to have nothing farther to say about that Pullman sleeping lear incident. Servility Brings Contempt. (rom the Union, Cincinnati, 0.) It the above is true (referring to the “Moton Incident”) then Major Moton will rise to fame and fortune as did his illustrious predecessor. “Crooking the pregnant hinges of the knee that thrift may follow fawning” brings wealth from the great masses of white people alright, but it also brings a vast amount ‘of contempt. There is so much bowing, cringing and nauseating servility shown by some of our people, is it any wonder anointed, and therefore vastly supe- that even the 25th class of white people feel that they are the Lord's rior to all colored people? | THE HAND PICKED LEADER. (From the Kansas Elevator.) The Elevator would like to know if the time has not arrived when colored men should select thelr own leaders instead of leaving the delicate task to the hands of designing men of the op- posite race, and if any colored man can serve two masters at one and the same time, and if as a general proposi- tion, the “hand picked leader” is not always against his race? Shun Them as Vipers. (From the Martinsburg Pioneer-Press) Just as long as the negro believes “ne has a place,” and is constantly Jerking off his hat when out of it, he will be the cause of many others’ en- during hardships forever and aye. As long as a certain class of whites take to this class of sycophants, the more rigidly those who wear their sover. eignty under their own hats, should denounce, discard and shun them as they would a viper. 18 HE TOO, A TRUCKLER? (From the Boston Guardian.) It is said that Major R. R. Moton, principal of the Tuskegee Institute, condones the recent outrageous treat- ment of his wife who Was ousted from @ Pullman sleeper in Alabama and compelled to ride in the “jimerow” car because of her color. It Major Moton is willing to con- done such an outrage it is evidence that he is not the man to be at the head of a great institution for the “training of young colored men.” The first thing to be taught our youth is manhood, for without that they can never amount to anything, and a man who does not resent an at- tack-on his own wite is certainly not the person to teach manhood to others. ‘The beasts of the jungle will fight to the death to protect their mates. Major Moton has recently been in- stalled as principal of Tuskegee but it looks as if he ought to be sup planted by a real man, who does not “respect Southern fraditions” as Moton claims to. 3 MINNEAPOLIS OFFICE TERMS STRICTLY IN ADVANCE SINGLE COPY, THREE MONTHS.....8.0 SINGLE COPY, SIX MONTHS.....1.10 SINGLE COPY, ONE YEAR.....$2.00 When subscriptions are by any means allowed to run without prepayment, the mail should be sent for each 18 weeks and 6 cents for each odd week, or at the rate of $2.40 per year. Remittances should be made by Express Money Order, Post Office Money Order, Registered Letter or Bank Draft. Postmaster should be sent to -h for the fractional parts of a dollar. Only one cent and two cent stamp taken. Silver should never be sent through the mail. It is almost sure to wear a nail through the develops and be costlier than silver. It should be sent silver co use in letters do so at their own risk. Marriage and death notice 10 lines or less. 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Many colored people have been in doubt about Mr. Hughes' stand on the question of their rights as citizens: The Republican candidate for president settled the matter by his declaration in his address before the students of Fisk University and other colored citizens at Nashville, Tenn., when he said: "I say to you that I stand, if I stand for anything, for equal and exact justice to all. I stand for the maintenance of the rights of all citizens regardless of race or color. The one word that I love above all others is the word 'justice'. We want in this country what is right and fair. I am sure you do not wish particular things done because of color. You want what is right and fair. I desire to see such fair and decent and just treatment as will make you proud of your manhood and womanhood." MORRIS THE MAN. The re-election of Edward H. Morris as national grand master of the Odd Fellows is a great triumph for the manhood of the colored people. For several years the jimcrow element in the order has endeavored to unhorse him, but the manly men have been on their guard and have prevented that which would have been a great catastroph. The Grand United Order of Odd Fellows in America, works under a charter from the Grand Lodge of England and for that reason, the colored members in the United States enjoy the fellowship of millions of men of every race, scattered all, over the civilized globe. Edward H. Morris of Chicago, is the foremost colored lawyer of the world. His career reads like a romance. Coming from the depths of poverty, his tattered overcoat, barely covered the ragged suit he wore when he took the examination for the bar. Now he is one of the leaders of the Illinois Bar and there are few who are anxious to battle with him in the forum. Those who are competent to judge estimate that he has accumulated a fortune of more than a million dollars. A. H. HUGHE$ AT LINCOLN'S TOMB. Republican Candidate for President Makes Pilgrim the Great Emancipator. A non-political but interesting feature of the Illinois was the pilgrimage just at dusk of Mr. and of Lincoln. The visit was made without any oster that not more than a dozen persons all told were. There was no placing of floral wreaths. The Republican candidate, more than half a ceil all around the imposing shaft, stood with bared the remains lie, and after a solemn moment in c statue of the great emancipator, returned to his h Republican Candidate for President Makes Pilgrimage to Resting Place of the Great Emancipator. A non-political but interesting feature of the big Republican day in Illinois was the pilgrimage just at dusk of Mr. and Mrs. Hughes to the tomb of Lincoln. The visit was made without any ostentation, so quietly, in fact, that not more than a dozen persons all told were there at the same time. There was no placing of floral wreathes. The Republican candidate, more than half a century after Lincoln, walked all around the imposing shaft, stood with bared head above the spot where the remains lie, and after a solemn moment in contemplation of the heroic statue of the great emancipator, returned to his hotel. Master of sarcasm, ridicule is one after March 1, 1785, to be free. In of his most powerful weapons when 1776, he published and dedicated to addressing a jury. Keen in analysis the Continental Congress "A Dialogue and versed in precedents, he seldom Concerning the Slavery of the Afri loses a case, for after examination cans, Showing It to Be the Duty and if he decides that it has no merit, he Interest of the American States to will not accept it no matter how allur- Emancipate All Their Slaves." ing the retainer offered. Morris is a clean cut, thinking man, who knows that he is an American and who not only demands but receives treatment as an American. When he was a member of the Illinois legislature he secured the passage of a strong civil rights bill, to safeguard the rights of all American citizens. As there are many jimcrow men among, the 700,000 members of the Odd Fellows in this country, the advantage of having a man at its head who believes in manhood, should be apparent to the most casual observer. "THE FATHER OF ABOLITION." Dr. Samuel Hopkins, born at Waterbury, Conn., in September, 1721, was a noted theologian of his day and was also distinguished as an early opponent of the slave trade, although many of his parishioners were interested in it. His fierce opposition to slavery and the slave trade won for him the title of "The Father of Abolition." After graduating from Yale College in 1741, he began theological studies with Jonathan Edwards at Northampton, Mass., he was ordained pastor at Hoosaport, Mass. and remained there until 1765, after which he preached in various towns in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut, his congregations including destitute societies. The agitation he began led to the passage of a law in 1774, forbidding further importation of slaves into Rhode Island and to a subsequent act declaring the children of slaves born HARRIS & EWING WASHINGTON D.C. Secretary Republican National Committee, Astute Leader. Originator of Brilliant and Effective Campaign Plans. after March 1, 1785, to be free. In 1776, he published and dedicated to the Continental Congress "A Dialogue Concerning the Slavery of the Africans, Showing It to Be the Duty and Interest of the American States to Emancipate All Their Slaves." President Wilson, speaking before the citizenship convention, urged a "square deal" for the immigrant and demanded that America be kept the finest example of the objects and ideals that go to promote the standards of the world. "We ought to be careful to maintain a government at which the immigrant can look with the closest scrutiny and to which he should be at liberty to address this question: 'You declare this to be a land of liberty and of equality and of justice; have you made it so by your law?'" "I believe America should exalt above everything else the sovereignty of thoughtfulness and sympathy and vision, as against the grosser impulses of mankind. No nation can live without vision, and no vision will exalt a nation except the vision of real liberty and real justice and purity of conduct." Natural born Americans were warned by the president to examine themselves carefully to see whether they have burning in them the true light of America which they expect to show to these foreigners. If a "square deal" for the immigrant why not a square deal for 10,000,000 AMERICAN BORN citizens who are hounded and humiliated, discriminated against and often mob-murdered because more or less African blood flows in their veins? The president is the leader of the Democratic party which has dislaug BEAUTIFUL, BUT BUNK. the greatest zeal in enacting discriminating legislation and the president himself has sanctioned the most infamous racial discriminations which were wholly outside the law. The president's rhetoric is perfect, but those who have suffered from the enactments of the Democratic party and the president's approval of unjust and unlawful and UNAMERICAN practices, naturally doubt his sincerity. His beautiful words are but hunk ADVANCE OF CIVILIZATION. The Canadian expedition which has been for three years exploring and making scientific investigations along the north coast of the American continent has returned, bringing much important data from that frozen region. One of the most interesting bits of information is that which relates to the progress of civilization in Arctic lands. Dr. R. N. Anderson, who conducted the scientific researches, notes great changes in the actions of the natives since he first, visited them in 1911. Here is a paragraph from his report: "Begging a petty pilfering seemed to be more common than I found them when I first went into the arctic regions. The natives are in general very hospitable and kindly disposed, but they are now anxious for white men to come in with trading materials. I do not think they have had, as yet, enough contact with white men to change their demeanor or nature very much, but it must be admitted that they seem less honest." We who live in this great and highly civilized land should not be little the progress that is being made. The poor creatures are doing the best they can under the circumstances and under the further tutelage of white men some bright Esquimaux lad, may in the days to come, become a black e a d e i s e n t d o e f l t r y - r e l t b o f e e r e t t o o M. H. EX-PRESIDENT W. H. TAFT. Who Will Make a Number of Speeches for the Republican National Candidate, is a Forceful Campaigner. mall expert and gather in the shekels by the thousands, or perhaps break into Wall street, steal a few railroads and become a billionaire. Some day the poor benighted heathen of the frozen North may so far advance in civilization that they will organize a hellocracy which will rival Georgia or Texas in mob murders. Who knows? no denial by Major Moton of the charges as stated in the public press THE APPEAL agrees with the Clever land Gazette, that the Age evidently means well, but that Major Moton is fully able to speak for himself. THE APPEAL believes that if he is not guilty as charged, Major Moton ought to reply to the open letter on the Crisis and issue a signed state ANNIVERSARY OF ATLANTA'S SHAME. Ten years have passed since Atlanta, Georgia, was the scene of one of the most uncalled for and bloodiest riots ever recorded in history. Colored men and women were ruthlessly slaughtered because of race hatred; not a single one killed had been guilty of any crime whatever. The massacre was caused by the incendiary editorials of the Atlanta News and Journal, owned by Hoke Smith, since governor of Georgia and now United States senator from that state. In his gubernatorial canvass Smith also made incendiary speeches inciting the Caucasians against colored people and demanding that the race be disfranchised. Senator Hoke Smith is said to be the author of the jim-crow policy of the present administration and he has the active support of Vardaman, John Sharpe Williams and nearly every Southerner in Congress. THE APPEAL reprints in this issue "A Litany of Atlanta," by Dr. W. E. Burghardt Du Bois, editor of The Crisis. It was written just after the riot, the author being at that time a resident of Atlanta. September, 1916, being the tenth anniversary of the massacre and the recent renaissance of burnings and lynchings in Georgia render the publication timely. HUGHES' STRONG POINT. Mr. Hughes in his speech to a colored audience stated that he stood for equal and exact justice for all citizens regardless of color, and he said further: "I am sure you do not wish particular things done because of color." That was a strong point, so it seems queer that some of the jim-crow colored papers were careful to eliminate it. Cutting out a strong point like that shows the working of the jim-crow mind. The American thinking, intelligent, level-headed colored people certainly do not want any particular thing, no matter how alluring, because of color. If they are treated exactly as other Americans are treated they'll be satisfied. They are not asking different treatment or especial favors because of color. MUST BE A JOKE An exchange telegraph dispatch from Geneva says that it is understood the German government proposes to lodge a complaint with the International Red Cross against the use of the so-called "tanks." The complaint will be on the ground that the use of these new engines of war is contrary to recognized methods of civilized warfare. After the sinking of the Lusitania, the rape of Belgium, the despoiling of Serbia, the Zeppelin airship raids over England, killing innocent women and children, and other infamous acts of Germans in the present world war, it looks as if some grim joker is abroad in the land. The Richmond Planet has an article headed "Major Moton's Denial" and quotes from the New York Age, that paper's statement of the case. As a matter of fact there has been As a matter of fact there has been no denial by Major Moton of the charges as stated in the public press. THE APPEAL agrees with the Cleveland Gazette, that the Age evidently means well, but that Major Moton is fully able to speak for himself. THE APPEAL believes that if he is not guilty as charged, Major Moton ought to reply to the open letter of the Crisis and issue a signed statement repudiating the reports sent out by the Associated Press. The spirit of manhood in the principal of Tuskegee, is of more importance to the colored people than a billion dollars worth of beautiful buildings. AMERICANS—THAT'S ALL. For many years it has been the custom to treat colored people as aliens, although they are more than ninety-nine per cent of American birth; and there is a growing tendency among the colored people to regard themselves as aliens. This is being encouraged by a class of leaders who call themselves "Negroes" and yell about "Negro Kultur" although they have not more than half and often less than one-eighth of Negro blood. Such men ought to stop the "Negro" propaganda and be Americans and demand justice because they are Americans and not by the false assertion that they are "Negroes." They should not have any rights as "Negroes" but every right of an American citizen should be and will be accorded them, if they fight for their rights as American citizens by right of birth. Vice President Marshall in a recent speech put President Wilson in the Abraham Lincoln class. He hardly belongs there, for fifty years after Lincoln gave freedom to the slave and their descendants had advanced in NO DENIAL. ```markdown ``` HUGHES STANDS FOR EXACT JUSTICE. "I say to you that I stand, if I stand for anything, for equal and exact justice to all. I stand for the maintenance of the rights of all citizens regardless of race or color. The one word that I love above all others is the word 'justice.' We want in this country what is right and fair. I am sure you do not wish particular things done because of color. You want what is right and fair. I desire to see such fair and decent and just treatment as will make you proud of your manhood and womanhood." Points Emphasized by Hughes In His Speech at Springfield, Ill. The demand by the administration for such legislation [the Adamson bill] as the price of peace was a humiliating spectacle. The phrase "eight-hour day" is apparently used to tickle the public ear in order to establish something quite different. If the asserted judgment of society inspired it, why does the act apply to only a limited number of railroad men, relatively few? Had the executive gone at once to Congress for immediate authority to secure prompt and thorough investigation of the stated grievances in advance of action, and had he thus made instant provision for an inquiry so entirely competent as to command the respect of the country, I am satisfied there could have been no strike. Within a few hours, on demand of the administration Congress provided a mandatory increase of wages involving millions of dollars, without any idea whether the increase was or was not justified. And this action was taken in connection with the essential instrumentality of commerce, the arteries of our commercial life. education, morality and good citizenship to equality with other citizens. Wilson has endeavored to turn back the hands of time and treat them as if they were lepers. "COLORED LEADERSHIP." (From the Cleveland Gazette.) The attempt on the part of certain white people interested in industrial education for our people almost to the point of opposition to any other kind to select for the race a man or to get men as the recognized leader or leader of the race, is at least prejudicial. No man or combination of men could so mimic the Theodore Roosevelt leader of the white race of America. The position Mr. Roosevelt occupies in this respect came not from the dictum of interested parties but from the moral worth of the man to the nation as shown by his deeds and words. Even the election of a man to the presidency of this country does not make him the leader of any race. Political good fortune may be a national or racial calamity. Many white persons frequently say, our people should follow the dictum of certain men of the race whose talk attitude toward vital questions must be. Because of the prejudice extant in this country against the race, and as this prejudice is very large from white to our men coming on equality to our choice for leadership by them for the race smacks of the suspicion that the suggested leader is in accord with their prejudiced point of view. We believe that colored and white men should seek the golden mean of harmony in all things essential for the development of both races, but when a leadership is foisted upon any race and that too against the recognized wishes of the race, that leadership, however backed up by money, will be most bitterly fought. The attempt to make a head of any particular leader of the leader of a race, is to bring down the school and its head the opposition of all sympathy with the "leader." Certain qualifications a leader must have if he would lead, and devoid of these he ignominally fail. Any man who has not a keen appreciation of the worth and rights of his race cannot be the leader of that race. Any man who will surrender the fundamental things that belong to his race is unfit to lead that race to virile manhood and respectability. The more other races emphasize his fitness, the more his inacceptability will manifest itself. No man dead or alive nor been the leader of our race in this country. Many men living and dead have been the exponents of many things that contribute largely to the race's welfare. Besides who may be a leader in one thing may not be a leader in all. To proclaim the president of Harvard college as the leader of the white race of America is to insult that race. Not because the president of Harvard is lacking in sane advices, noble precepts and many virtues such as are applicable to the rise of any race, but because the demands of the white race are so multiplied and varied that one man can possibly lead in all. Two of our race. The insistence by white men that all our men echo the white man that all our man of the race they (the white like, is a very disturbing element in the progress of the race. The policy of placing unlimited resources in the hands of this leader as well as meeting out to the race only those things this "white appointed leader" dictates, is to subject the a species of slavery that is more damnable than peonage, for it attempts to fetter the mind. All we ask of white men, north, south, east and west, is to allow our men to come to leadership in the same way others achieve their race. We appreciate its great men. It is willing to give them honor and humiliation, but it is unwilling to bow the knee to any "white man's choice of leadership" simply because this leader fits in with the diseased and prejudiced mind of those opposed to untrammeled manhood for our men. (REV.) WM. A. BYRD. NATIONAL RACE CONGRESS TO MEET OCT. 4 ON RIGHTS OF CITIZENSHIP. Colored Press Supporting Movement Strongly—150 Newspaper Notices Already Given—Open to All As Individuals or Delegates—Called by National Equal Rights League. Washington, D. C., Sept. 14, 1916—The large John Wesley church, centrally located at 14th and Corcoran streets, northwest, has been secured for October 4-6, for the sessions of the Citizenship Rights Congress. The B. M. C. will overshadow all other events held in or close to their week of Sept. 11-16. We extend welcome to the race to come on for rights. Thomas Walker, E. M. Hewlett, M. W. Spencer, F. M. Murray, and others This National Colored Congress is to be an open one, both to delegated persons and to individual representatives of the cause who attend on their own responsibility. It is to be free and open for race conference, action and declaration. The congress will organize itself independently. The National Rights League will call it to order and assembled will then create the congress. Racial fraternizing, mutual acquaintance, unity of spirit and of progress, exchange of notes on local conditions, race unity of feeling and a future national working together of rights, -a united declaration to the country of colored Americans on color proscription, are among the purposes of this gathering. No move will impress the white American public of the number, capacity and spirit for equal rights, like an actual national convention convened by large numbers of colored citizens from various states. Delegated representatives are quite advisable, and churches, civic and literary societies, fraternal organizations, political and other clubs are asked to elect and send delegates. The call asks that a Citizens'Equal Rights Committee be formed by delegating citizens in each community to up interest, hold a public meeting and appoint representatives. Any person is an elector; start such a committee. Act at once. Secretary Wm. Monroe Trotter at 27 Cornhill, Boston, will be glad to receive suggestions and inquiries. Reforms Needed at Home. (From The Christian Register.) Race bitterness makes argument, or discussion, or any effort to come to a common understanding quite useless. Where much racefeeling is engaged, racism is neutralized. With some people, under the rights of colored people under the Constitution, of the people of California harden impossible. They simply can not escape the subject. While this is the case in this country, we have enough to do in cleansing our own blood of germs of conflict without thinking it our main business to reach across the water in restraint of war. War is incipient among us in these matters, and cruel barbarities frequent enough, to keep us busy reforming ourselves. Bribery, scandal speaks out emphatically, and ungrammatically against almost every wrong in the country—except race prejudice. If he wants to show that he real brave man, not afraid to tackle real, and do some good where it is most needed, let him speak out against race prejudice. He Is A Real Man (From the Pioneer-Press, Martinsburgh, Va.) Editor W. P. Dabney, of the Cincinnati Union, is busy day and night these days fighting segregation and other forms of discrimination in the Queen City. This is noble in him, it is especially so when it is known that M. Dabney is in an official position. More than that sort are generally as mum as a clam, but this is not so in the case of Mr. Dabney. He is a man. WEEK'S RECORD OF HAPPENINGS IN MINNESOTA'S CAPITOL. The "Saintly City" and Saintly City Folks—Neway Items of Social, Religious, Political and General Matters Among the People. PHONE: N. W. CEDAR 5649 PHONE TRISTATE 23776 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1916. FOR RENT—Basement of Union Hall, corner of Aurora and Kent streets. Apply at the hall. (8-19-16) Get busy and vote for your favorite for Leading Lady in the Photo-Play, "THE MODERN MINNEHAHA." See extended notice elsewhere. Mrs. James Cox returned last Tuesday from Kalamazoo, Mich., where she has been visiting her parents and sister. OFFICE CEDAR 8948 RES. DALE 1465 W. T. FRANCIS LAWYER SUITE 329 AMR. HILLBROOK BLOG. CARL. FIFTH AND CEDAR ST. PAUL. PORL. The BEE HIVE, corner of Rondo and Arundel streets, which has been closed for a few days, has been reopened with a new stock and is better than ever. Mr. L. L. Alexander, the manager, says all he wants is for the people to call and he will convince them that the Bee Hive can't be surpassed for quality, low prices and service in stale and fancy groceries, vegetables, fruits, confectionery, etc. There is also a lunch room in connection. Call and be convinced. INSIST on Purity BREAD AT YOUR GROCER'S Listen to this great opportunity just for you. Why not take advantage of this, it is meant for you. The woman that has a trade can make her way through life independently all the time. I will reopen my class Oct. 15, 1916, in hair dressing, facial massage, hair styling, treatment, shampooing and the manufacture of hair work and issue diplomas to graduates. Terms reasonable. For further information call Dale 2120 or write to 978 St. Anthony avenue, Madame L. A. Porter-Henderson.—(9-16-16). Both Phones 508. St. Paul, Minn. T. H. LYLES Funeral Directors and Embalmers 150 W. Fourth St. Res. 678 St. Anthony, Tel. Dale 2947 Calls Answered Day or Night In Twin Cities. Active Pall Bearers Furnished If Desired. Lady Assistant When Necessary. VOCAL AND PIANO LESSONS GIVEN BY MRS. ADDIE CRAW- FORD-MINOR, AT HER RESIDENCE 320 FARRINGTON AVE. HOURS ARRANGED TO SUIT PUPILS. TERMS VERY REASONABLE. TEL. DALE 1597. Mrs. T. H. Lyles entertained with an autumn party at her St. Anthony avenue home last Monday afternoon from 2 to 5 in honor of her niece, Miss Idah Loomis, who becomes Mrs. Donald Brady this morning. The following visiting strangers were present: Mrs. J. B. French, Chicago; Mrs. Ellis Burton, Knoxville; Mrs. G. Allen, Wilberforce; Miss Melena Lowe, Nashville; Mrs. Louis Taylor, Mason City. The hostess was assisted by mesdames Hattie Oliver, B. C. Archer, Val Do Turner, C. James, J. E. Johnson and Elizabeth Smith. The function was very delightful. How about You? Many a man and many a man can trace his success directly to his savings bank account. Capital accumulated there gave him a start in a large business. The carpenter became a contractor. The laborer became a farmer. The drug clerk became a drug store proprietor. Your ambition may be realized through the same means. STATE SAVINGS BANK 93 East Fourth Street. Deposits $5,850,000.00. 1890 1916 ENTERTAINMENT 10 G.U.O. UNION Corner Kent St. Wednesday THREE CONTESTANTS FOR THE AMOND RING; SECOND P CONSOLATION I A ONE ACT COMEDY, "HARDY TED BY A SP COMMITTEE OF J. B. Johnson J. E. Johnson, Vice Chr Bush, Mrs. W. C. Hood, Mrs. C. Roper, Mrs. Mary Love, Mrs. J. C W. V. Howard, Mrs. H. High, M Good Music Tickets G. U. O. O. O. F. Wednesday Eve'g, Oct. 4 THREE CONTESTANTS FOR THE FIRST PRIZE A $50 DOLLAR DI- AMOND RING; SECOND PRIZE, A BRACELET WATCH CONSOLATION PRIZE FOR THIRD A ONE ACT COMEDY, "HARD OF HEARING" WILL BE ENAC TED BY A SPLENDID CAST J. E. Johnson, Vice Chrm., Mrs. Mary Hobbs, Mrs. Grant Bush, Mrs. W. C. Hood, Mrs. C. Milner, Mrs. J. Claiborne, Mrs. C. Roper, Mrs. Mary Love, Mrs. J. C. Broyles, Mrs. J. W. Kelley, Mrs. W. V. Howard, Mrs. H. High, Mrs. S. J. Bellesen, Mrs. Aug. Jones A Letter from Bishop of St. Louis District, Dear Brother Camp: I am enclosing a check for half the amount of my subscription. When Welcome hall is completed I will pay the other half. I am moved to St. Louis, where you may address me when the work is completed and may believing in the future of the black man and praying for his largest life, William A. Quayle, Bishop of the M. E. Church. The Attraction at the Star Theatre Next Week. Something out of the ordinary is promised with the advent at the Star theatre the week of Oct. 1 of Frank Calder's "High Life Girls," inasmuch as there are a quartette of comedians advertised as heading the cast of the company. They are Tony Kennedy, Ted Evans, George Colligon, Harry Matthews, Michelina Pennett, Katherine Ross, Eva Lewis, Frieda Martin and the famous speed ball chorus of geoglossy girls, girls, girls, and Warren Lincoln, Travis the world's incomparable athlete, as a special feature. Special added attraction, Hawaii's Nude Truth Girl. First American appearance. Dr. O. D. Howard Visits the South. Having attended as a representative for Fezzan Temple No. 26, Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, to the Imperial Council held in Chicago August 21-26, I continued my trip to Paris, Tenn., THE GINGER A TREAT GINGER BAND A TREAT FOR ALL Let's go, let's go, let's go now To the Oak Park Gophers Dance They will show you how. TUESDAY EVEN'G, OCT. 3 Dancing from 8:30 to 2 A.M. ADMISSION 35 CENTS COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT Clarence Johnson, Robert Simpson, Ralph Ward, C Perry, Carl Claborne, L. Tucker, C. Miller, John Davis, James Branson, Evans Anderson, Dave Payne, William Burton, H. Banister, L. Moore, H. Preston, E. Williams, E. Jackson, H. Thompson, Frank Ware. 553 HIGH LIFE GIRLS. O.O.F. AT HALL and Aurora Ave. Eve'g, Oct. 4 FIRST PRIZE A $50 DOLLAR DI- RIZE, A BRACELET WATCH RIZE FOR THIRD OF HEARING' WILL BE ENAC- LLENDID CAST MANAGEMENT on, Chairman n., Mrs. Mary Hobbs, Mrs. Grant Milner, Mrs. J. Claiborne, Mrs. C. C. Broyles, Mrs. J. W. Kelley, Mrs. s. S. J. Bellesen, Mrs. Aug. Jones Good Program 35 Cents to visit my mother, which was exceedingly pleasant. I found all enjoying splendid health and excellent crops. Since the state-wide prohibition law was passed conditions have improved two hundred per cent in the section I visited. No rowdyism on the part of either colored or white classes, and the jim-crow cars were like palace cars to what they were three years ago. On my way home I stopped in Cairo, Mound City and Grandchain, where I met relatives I had not seen for 40 years. The reunion was very marked; extreme delight cannot express it. St. Anthony Barber Shop and Pool Parlor. One of the most remarkable exhibitions of what can be done if one goes at it the right way has been noted in the success of Messrs. Wm. A. Lyles and Walker Williams in their barber shop and pool parlor, 554 St. Anthony avenue. Just a few months ago they started with two barber chairs and two pool tables. By their strict business methods and careful management the business has so increased that they were compelled to build an addition large enough to accommodate three more pool tables, and still they can hardly take care of the large crowds that have become malicious and they represent the best class of citizens in the city. They now have five of the latest style of the famous Brunswick & Balke pocket billiard tables, in addition to their up-to-date tonsorial parlor. The public is cordially invited to call and enjoy what they have provided. BAND FOR ALL 4671 MOVING PICTURES WHO WILL BE THE LEADING STAR IN THE PHOTO PLAY. "The Modern Minnehaha" to be Composed of Members of the Race Living in the Twin Cities—Vote for Your Favorite. A short time ago Mr. Thaddeus Stepp, manager and director of THE STEPP MOVING PICTURE SPECIALIES at Duluth was in St. Paul and put on a moving picture show at Pilgrim Baptist Church that was very successful in every way. He was so imbued with the idea that a photo play with members of the race as the leading characters would make a big hit in the Twin Cities, that the following letter is the result: Duluth, Minn., Aug. 10, 1916. Mr. J. Q. Adams St. Paul, Minn. Dear Sir: While in St. Paul and Minneapolis, recently I was impressed strongly with the idea, that the Twin Cities should afford a rousing photo drama, acted by members of the race of the two cities. Now it is absolutely necessary for us to act quickly in this 20th century time, and decide what we are going to do. I have made up Minnesota, are the gate-way to this city and historical North west, and there is enough of culture and refinement among the people to make such a photo play, a great success. I wanted to see you and have a general talk over the matter, but my time was so taken up while in your city, hence this letter. I hope you will be favorably impressed with my proposition, and lend me your hearty cooperation in laying the matter before you. I will be pleased if the PAIMA team already arranging a scenario or hamming it written especially for the Twin Cities, entitled, "The Modern Minnie-ha-ha." Now the question arises who is to be "Mimnie" this must be decided by popular vote, the young lady receiving the highest number of votes will be the leading lady, in this play, these votes will be secured of you, and forwarded to me here, 623 Fifth Ave. East, Duluth, Minn., to be in my hands no later than Wednesday morning of the next week, and return candidate's name, and the number of votes each receives so that I can report result to you for publication same week. This film will be exhibited in the Twin Cities so that every one will have a chance to see themselves as others see them, and will also be placed on the exchange circuit to be exhibited East, South and West. Of course there is to be a number of people in the cast, should there be a tie vote, I reserve the right to cast the deciding vote, the others will be used in the cast also, according to the number of votes each receives. Yours truly, T. W. STEPP. Acting upon the suggestion of Mr. Stepp THE APPEAL has decided to give the people a chance to get into the movies, as follows: Carefully cut out the coupon that you will find in each copy of THE APPEAL. Write plainly, the name of your choice and her address and forward to Mr. Stepp or votes may be sent to this office. Each coupon counts for five votes. Extra copies of THE APPEAL may be obtained at the office, 302 Court Block for three cents each, or coupons already cut out may be obtained at the same price. No votes counted not on THE APPEAL coupons. The lady receiving the largest number of votes will be the leading lady in the photo play. The others voted for will be given parts in the play, if possible, according to votes each receive. N. B. To get into this contest all you need to do is to send in your name and address on a coupon. VOTES FOR MOVIE PERFORMERS. I vote for M. No. ..... St. City ..... As Leading Lady in the Photo Play "THE MODERN MINNEHAHA" This Coupon good for Five votes. Great interest has been evinced in who is to be leading lady in the special photo play, "THE MODERN MINEHAHA," and the votes have begun to come in. The following named young ladies have entered in the contest and the one who gets the largest number of votes will be the leading lady: ST. PAUL. Olive Howard ..... 50 Cornelia Gordon ..... 65 Grace Vassar ..... 30 Marie Gardner ..... 150 MINNEAPOLIS. Clarist Lucas ..... 100 Mildred Shull ..... 60 Adah Lewis ..... 40 Mildred Plummer ..... 35 PHONE DALE 2055 ALBION W. HOLDEN PAINTER AND PAPERHANGER 527 ST. ANTHONY AVENUE PAINTING AND PAPER HANGING INTERIOR DECORATING GENERAL JOB WORK, ALL KINDS T. S. 259981 409 JAY ST. Back Again in Old Place Desires to announce that he is back again in the old place, 311 Wabasha street, with his Barber Shop, Pool Hall, Lunch Counter and News Stand and is ready to greet and serve all old and new patrons with the same urbanity, celerity and satisfaction as of yore. THE FLOUR Pillsbury's BEST XXXX Minneapolis, Minn. FOR THOSE WHO KNOW BEST STEELE'S 'BARBER SHOP AND POOL ROOM DAILY LUNCHEON 11 A. M. TO 8 P. M. Short Orders, Cold Meats, Sandwiches, Pies, etc. 30 E. Fourth St. ST. PAUL, MINN I positively guarantees to extract teeth and remove nerves ABSOLUTELY PAINLESSLY First Class A La Carte Meals From 6:30 A. M. to 12:00 P. M. at Reasonable Rates Regular Dinner 11:30 A. M. to 2:30 P. M. 25 Cts. SPECIAL DINNER THURSDAYS AFTER 4 P. M. 35 CENTS Suits Steamed and Pressed 25c. Top Coats Steamed & Pressed 15c. Mens Suits Dry Cleaned 1.00 Hats Cleaned and Blocked 50c EXPERT SHOE REPAIRING WHILE Sudden Service We Buy and Sell THE FLOU Pillsbury's BEST XXXX Minneapolis, Minn. NEW GRIN J. F. THURS. STEELE'S 'BARBER SH DAILY LUNCHEON Short Orders, Cold Meats 30 E. Fourth St. I positively guarantee to extra ABSOLUTELY Get prices here before A Written Guarantee for 20 Y Dr. Williams, TEL. C. 6132 KENDRICK BLU TEL. JACKSON 1910 YOUNG' W. A. YOUNG First Class A La Carte M to 12:00 P. M. at Regular Dinner 11:30 A. M. SPECIAL DINNER THURSDAY 138 E. Third St. Children's Eyes Should be examined before going to school. It very often happens that a child's distaste for study is due to inability to see clearly and without eyestrain. Have their eyes tested today and equip them properly for this year's work. W.H.KINDY OPTOMETRIST 50 East 6th Street Office Cedar 1673 Dr. Valdo Turner PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON NEW DAKOTA BUILDING Cor. 6th and 7th Streets OFFICE HOURS 9 to 11 a. m., 12 to 1 p. m., 3 to 5 p. m. Sundays 10 to 11 a. m. Res. 386 St. Albans Tel. Dale 919 ```markdown ``` Pants Steamed and Pressed .15c Overcoats Steamed & Pressed .25c Ladies' Suits Dry Cleaned .1.25 Panama Hats Canned & Block'd 50c LE YOU WAIT. REASONABLE RATES. Sell Old Clothes We Call and Deliver UR FOR THOSE WHO KNOW BEST ILL ROOM ERSTON, CHEF SHOP AND POOL ROOM ON 11 A. M. TO 8 P. M. ats, Sandwiches, Pies, etc. ST. PAUL, MINN Dr.H.I.WILLIAMS Announces his NEW method of PAINLESS DENTISTRY extract teeth and remove nerves BY PAINLESSLY before going elsewhere 10 Years Given With All Work, 27 E. 7th St BLDLG. 2ND FLOOR ST. PAUL QUICK SERVICE 'S CAFE DUNG, PROP. Me Meals From 6:30 A. M. at Reasonable Rates A. M. to 2:30 P. M. 25 Cts. DAYS AFTER 4 P. M. 36 CENTS ST. PAUL, MINN. FALL PAINTING Is considered, by many, to be better than that done in any other season, so far as durability is concerned. Bazille & Partridge 468-474 Jackson Street Can supply you with the most Beautiful, Durable and Economical, Guaranteed House Paints on the market. Also, Wall Paper and other interior decorating materials, for the home, from attic to basement; in endless variety and lowest prices for first class goods. GET OUR PRICES BEFORE ORDERING ELSEWHERE N. W. Cedar 2575. Tri-State 21043. St. Paul St. Paul Tel. Dale 3316 The Bellview L. A. GROSS, PROP. NEATLY FURNISHED ROOMS WITH HEAT, LIGHT AND BATH Rates Reasonable 412 Carroll St. ST. PAUL, MINN. Wm. A. Lyles Walker Williams Tel. Dale 6731 AND POOL PARLOR LYLES & WILLIAMS, PROPS. First Class Tonsorial Service Guaranteed Expert Artists. Challenge Hair Cutters, CURING OF SKIN DISEASES A SPECIALTY FIVE - BRUNSWICK BALKE POOKET BILLARD TABLES - FIVE BEST BRANDS OF CIGARS AND TOBACCOS FOR SALE 554 St. Anthony Ave. ST. PAUL F. B. SIMPSON GEO. W. WILLS F. B. SIMPSON GEO. W. WILLS Cedar: Cedar 1024; T.-S. 244-245 Undertakers, Funeral Directors and Embalmers. Calls Answered Promptly Day or Night Lady Assistant When Desired. Office and Chapel 234 WEST THIRD ST. ST. PAUL N. W. Bomont 35 PHONES Tri-State 77 172 VANDER BIE'S ICE CREAM IS THE BEST For Sale Everywhere : J. C. VANDER BIE Partridge and Brunson Str. ST. PAUL, MINN. PAINLESS DENTISTRY # TEL, CEDAR 984 TRL, CEDAR 984 W 6 W SUNDAYS EVENINGS SUNDAYS EVENINGS First Class, Guaranteed Work in All Branches of Dentistry Suite 400, Court Block N. W. Cedar 7321 Tri-State 23176 Res. N. W. Midway 5067 "Wire Resler to Wire" RESLER ELECTRIC CO. WIRING AND FIXTURES Cedar 6190 PHONES T. S. 26147 NEWB RT DRUG CO. SUCCESSOR TO Full Stock of Pure Drugs, Proprietary Medicines, Druggists' Sundries, Toilet Articles, Candles, Soda, Cigars, Etc. PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY COM- POUNDED Gor, Wabasha and Summit, St. PAUL AMERICAN TELEPHONE & TELEPHONE CO. LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE BELL STATE AND ASSOCIATED COMPANIES Residence Service $2.00 PER MONTH Northwestern Telephone Exchange Co. LEE E. TURPIN & CO PROPRIETORS Cosmopolitan Buffet and Grill TEL. CEDAR 9128 ST. PAUL MINNEAPOLIS THE DOINGS IN AND ABOUT THE GREAT. "FLOUR CITY." Matters Social, Religious and General Which Have Happened and are to Happen Among the People of the City. J. N. SELLERS, MANAGER 2812 Tenth Avenue So. Tel. N. W. South 3372. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1916. See Y. G. B. C.'s announcement. Mr. Charley Noble, who has been spending a lengthy visit in Chicago, has returned to the city for the winter. Get busy and vote for your favorite for Leading Lady in the Photo-Play, "THE MODERN MINNEHAHA." See extended notice elsewhere. The Misses Isabelle Ford, Clarist Lucas and irene Mullens entered the Minnesota Business College night school on Monday for the fall and winter term. Mr. George James of 3700 Snelling avenue returned Monday from a visit to Milwaukee and Chicago. He was a delegate to the thirty-fourth annual conference, which met in Chicago the past week. Miss Mildred Plummer of Clinton avenue entertained at an eight-course dinner on Sunday afternoon in honor of Miss Ida May Loomis of St. Paul. Pink roses made a very beautiful decoration. Covers were laid for eight. Miss Mildred Plummer entertained at dinner in honor of Miss Idah Loomis on last Sunday afternoon. Places were laid for twelve. Those present were Miss Idah Loomis, Miss Helen Brady, Mrs. Harriette Cage, Miss Adah Loomis, Miss Adina Adams, Miss Alice Mason, Miss Clara Howard, Mrs. William McKnight, Miss Lucella James, Miss Selina Newman and Mrs. Hattie Oliver. Tel. Hyland 4610 Res. Colfax 3596 MRs. ROBERT A. VAN HOOK FASHIONABLE DRESSMAKING AND LADIES TAILORING PARTY LOOMS A SPECIALTY 1006 SIXTH AVENUE NORTH MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. SAINT PAUL Mr. E. J. Williams left last night for church on a business trip of a few days. Mr. David Beasley, 195 Marion street, was hostess to the Adelphia club on Tuesday afternoon. Get busy and vote for your favorite or Leading Lady in the Photo-Play, THE MODERN MINNEHAHA." See attended notice elsewhere. The Ladies' Aid society of Pilgrim Baptist church held its first meeting of the season with Mrs. W. V. Howard on Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Jas. A. Lee entertained the Handicraft. Art. club on Thursday afternoon. The ladies are arranging for their annual exhibit. Miss Willa Louise Daniels, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Daniels, 406 Euston street, married at Omaha, nec, on Saturday, September 16, to Mr. Theodore Penn of that city. They will live in Omaha. Rev. J. P. Sims, pastor of A. M. E. church, has returned from the annual conference held at Chicago, and will soon remove his family to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to which place he has an appointment for the ensuing year. Mrs. Spencer Cotton of Chicago spent the day Monday as the guest of Mrs. W. Hood, Sherburne avenue, Mrs. Cotton left Monday night for Hannaford, N. D., to join her husband. They will spend the winter there. LADIES WISHING ANY OF MME. C. J. WALKER'S HAIR PREPARATIONS, PLEASE CALL SUMMIT 212—(8-26-16) Mr. W. Walker, 595 Sherburne avenue, was called to Louisville, Ky., last week on account of the death of his mother. Miss Ella D. McElderry of Newport, R. I., is visiting her cousins, Rev. and Mrs. G. W. Camp, 377 Farrington avenue. Mr. Walter Burton returned to Chicago last Thursday after a visit of two weeks with his family at 758 Ashland avenue. THE PEOPLE’ SHINING PARLOR, Porter & Casey, Props., 180 E. Fifth street, is the place to get six shines for 25 cents. Try ‘em. For Sale—Ladies’ Russian pony coat size 38 in good condition at very reasonable price. Call Cedar 6768 or address 1221 Rice street—(9-16-16). FOR RENT CHEAP Four story brick building, suitable for a hotel and saloon. Centrally located. Apply to J. Louis Ervin, 303 Court Block. But God commendeth His Love toward us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us—Romans 5:8.—Selected by E. W. Gilles. (7-1-16) Mr. S. S. Harris, formerly of St. Paul, now living in Gladstone, was in the city this week en route to Des Moines, Iowa, to visit a very sick sister. Mr. and Mrs. Brusseau and Mrs. Hattie Moore left Tuesday evening for Chicago after a very pleasant four weeks' visit with relatives and friends. FOR RENT—Four-room flat, second floor, 378 Jay street, modern except heat. Also furnished rooms, all modern, 323 Farrington. Tel. Dale 7557. (9-16) FOR RENT—Second floor flat of four rooms, modern except heat, 378 Jay street. All modern, furnished rooms, 323 Farrington. Tel. Dale 7557. (9-16) FOR RENT—Modern furnished room for man and wife or single gentlemen. Rent reasonable. Apply at 569 Iglehart street. Phone Dale 3177. (9-16) Mrs. George James entertained at luncheon on Tuesday in honor of Mrs. J. B. French of Chicago and Mrs. H. Ford of Atlanta. Ga. Covers were laid for twelve. Mrs. R. C. Chapman and Mrs. W. T. Francis returned last Sunday from a LOOK! HERE WE ARE AGAIN A GRAND TREAT FIRST PARTY OF THE SEASON given by the YOUNG GIRL'S BENEFICIAL CLUB, Y. G. B. C. FRIDAY EVE., OCT. 6, 1916 at LANE'S HALL, 8th St. and Nic. Ave. Music by Prof. Clarence Johnson Clarist Lucas, Pres.; Mildred Plummer, V. Pres.; Lillian Thomas, Sec. Eunice Smith, Treas COMMITTEE ON ARRANGEMENTS The Entire Club COME AND HAVE A LOVELY TIME. WE PROMISE IT TO YOU. REFRESHMENTS SERVED. CHECKING FREE. DON'T FORGET THE DATE. Remember Our Former Successes. ADMISSION 35c. RAILWAY MEN'S HEADQUARTERS TEL. N. W. CEDAR 5718 MACEO POOL ROOM AND W. N; CORN RAILWAY MEN'S WE BUY AND SELL SECOND 743 MISSISSIPPI ST stay of several weeks at Bumble Bee Cottage, Chisago Lake. Mrs. Chapman is greatly improved in health. When you are out Mississippi street way, on your way to or from the commissary, drop in the MACEO CLUB, 743 Mississippi street, and see W. N. Corneal, he'll treat you right Mr. Geo. King, a senior of Ottumwa (Iowa) High school, has been in the city for the last week visiting his aunt, Mrs. H. T. Graves, 378 Louis street. He left Sunday for his home. The Home Banquet Hall may be engaged for private parties only. Sober and gentlemanly conduct must be guaranteed. Clarence M. Tibbs. Everybody that is somebody is going to the 20th Century Entertainment to be given by Households of Ruth Nos. 553 and 4671 at Union Hall, Wednesday evening, Oct. 4, see big ad. elsewhere in this issue. PUBLIC STENOGRAPHER — MRS. H. I. WILLIAMS, OFFICE OF ATTY, W. T. FRANCIS, SUITE 329 AMERICAN NATIONAL BUILDING, FIFTH AND CEDAR. ALL WORK CONFIDENTIAL. Try Mrs. L. A. Porter-Henderson's wonderful Hair Growing Cream. It has proved successful where all others have failed. Price 50 cents per jar. Hair Tonic 50 cents per bottle.—(9-16-16). Ladies wishing anything in the line of made to order Hair Work, Shampooing, Scalp Treatment, etc., should call on Mrs. Elizabeth Battles, 299 University Ave., second floor. Prices reasonable. LOST—At the So-Lit, party at Union hall Thursday evening last, a lady's crocheted scru hand-bag bearing the initial letter "A." It was a birthday present and was highly prized by the owner. Finder will please return to 314 Western avenue and receive reward. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Melker, 642 Rondo street, was badly damaged by fire on last Sunday even caused by the overheating of an oil stove. The damage to the house and furniture was in the neighborhood of a thousand dollars. The property belongs to Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Lyles. THE APPEAL has been informed by Rev. E. H. McDonald that Rev. James M. Henderson has been assigned to the pastorate of St. James' A. M. E. church. Rev. Henderson is an old-time friend of Rev. McDonald, when both were in Detroit, Mich. He said James is to be congratulated upon having a man of such ability as its pastor. The Afternoon Art club entertained at a card party and shower at the home of Miss Adina Adams, 527 St. Anthony avenue, on last Saturday afternoon in honor of Miss Idah Idoo, a bride of the month. Four tables were played and the first prize was won by Mrs. Hattie Oliver; the booby prize by Mrs. Flossie Johnson. The bride received many beautiful gifts. The "Busy Corner." on the corner of Rondo and Western, has been given a coating of stucco and now has a very attractive appearance. The business has also changed hands, Mr. W. J. Utley retiring and Mr. W. R. McDowell becoming proprietor. They are prepared better than ever to accommodate the public and invite all to call. See announcement elsewhere in this issue. The social function par excellence of the week was the dancing party given by the So-Lit club at Union last Thursday evening in honor of today's newly-weds, Miss Idah Loomis and Mr. Brady, members of the club. Quite a large number of society folks of the Twin Cities were present and some very "scrumptious" gowns were shown by the ladies. It was a very swell and delightful affair. "LEST WE FORGET." A Word to Disinterested Colored Voters. By C. Edmund Smith Investigation discloses an alarming tendency on the part of Negro men, especially young men, to shirk and disregard their duty with reference to the use of the ballot. You will note that I have used the word duty, and it is with purpose. "Privilege" or "right" carries the wrong implication. When we look upon voting as a right only, instead of a duty, we are apt to get the wrong conception of our ST. PAUL relations to our political interests. A man's vote is not his own, to do with as he pleases without public responsibility. Indeed in a very strained sense only is it his at all. It is his country's, a sovereign weapon entrusted to him for the protection of his, his posturity's and his country's rights. Voting then is more than a right or privilege, it is a duty. It is one's duty to send his children to church and to school and to surround them with wholesome influences. The I repeat is a duty imposed upon him, the human relations between parent and child and the demands of society which wills that the faith and society's highest interests be served. It is equally your duty, and for greater reasons, to keep, cherish and preserve to your children and your posterity, their badge of citizenship, the ballot, and the right to its use. Nothing has been more often or more earnestly sought by a free people than the right to have a voice in the making of the laws under which they had to live. This has been the political bone of contention in all cases. It was the fathers sought from the aweers of the righthouse from the throne of Qwer, III. It was that Patrick Henry choose this to die for than forfeit. This can explain the change of government from Monarchies to Republics. It is this that American women seek in their struggle for suffrage. Can we afford to hold it in cheap regard? There are no people who owe allegiance to the United States or who claim protection under its flag that have paid more dearly for that allegiance and protection than the American Negroes. Charge what you will for American citizenship, the Negro has paid the years of unrequited toll, the humiliation of being disfranchised, jim-crowed, segregated and depressed and depressed. The blood shed on the battlefield for an ungrateful country, the blood drawn by the lash and, oh God! when I think of how our parents' hearts must have bled when they were torn from each other and from their children to meet no more until it be at God's own judgment seat! Our fathers paid for our citizenship even with their very bodies and souls. Then dying they left it as a legacy to their and our posterity. It is our duty to keep and enlarge it fuller and more useful lives. A charge to keep we have. The right to the charge of will you must be to be a right unless we exercise and constantly. I would not convey the impression that citizenship and the right of suffrage are identical. The ballot is the badge of citizenship. Its exercise is the highest expression of that citizenship. To vote is the first duty of every American citizen. Our votes elect men to office. These men enact their principles and convictions into laws and being a part of the body politic, these laws can not but affect us, these laws can to inform us there as we know it. What a source of gratification it would be, if those who gave their time, their means and their lives, to raise us to the stature of American citizens could know that that citizenship was dear to us, and that in the light God has given us, we were doing our best to enjoy it to the fullest and preserve it to their memory and honor. If the Negro entertains the idea that he can attain a fuller citizenship by merely desiring the same he is doomed to a sad awakening. Nothing worth while is had without contention. Nobody will hand you your rights on a matter, garnered with instructions a matter, used for them. Only degrees and with best treaty are worth the cost can rights once denied be regained. "Fear God and take your own," is applicable to you also. It is only thus that you shall be able to conserve your own best interests and secure the blessings of life and liberty to your children. It is not unusual to hear Negroes remark in support of their having voted the Democratic ticket, or their contemplation to do so, that they are privileged to vote as they desire. This statement sounds logical enough. But I question any man's right to do anything against his own best interest, and that is what a Negro does when he votes the Democratic ticket. The Democratic party, as such, has ever been opposed to the Negroes' enjoyment of civil and political rights. The principal issues of many Democratic campaigns in the South have been the treatment which the candidates promised to accord the Negro. The Democratic party, as such, stands for curtailment of federal power and extension of state rights. The great J & H WET WASH LAUNDRY 3753-3755-3757 Cedar Avenue J&H WET WASH LAUNDRY J&H 3753 57 CEDAR AVE J&H WET WASH LAUNDRY We maintain that we can do the family wash cheaper and better than the housewife. We make this claim because we have one of the largest, most modern and sanitary wet wash plants in the United States. Our Price is 25 Pounds of Family Wash for 65c OUR AUTO TRUCKS AND WAGONS DELIVER EVERYWHERE IN MINNEAPOLIS SNELLING 1500 PHONES DREXEL 1269 In conclusion, young man, be not deceived. Do not throw away your badge of citizenship. If you do not vote at all, you vote for your enemy and you vote to turn the government over to your enemy. Your claim that the Republican Party has not done all it could have done for you is not a logical reason for supporting the Democrats who have done all they could against you. You are not ignorant of the relations of the Republican party and your past. Stand up for men and things that are honest and of good report. A few months ago you answered the call in the defense of the nation and the first blood of the Mexican struggle was shed by Negro men. This was noble and patriotic, but Patriotic begins at home. There is urgent need among Negroes who have high ideals who will take an active part in things political. Our privileges are the first fruits of those who suffered. The performance of our duty should make it clear that they have not died in valh. The argument is often advanced that the Negro should not commit himself to the Republican party unconditionally, that an attitude of non-commital would insure more recognition and better treatment from both parties. What a perversion of the idea of party! A party is, a body of men united for promoting by their joint endeavors the national interest upon some principle on which they are all agreed. It is not an organization for the purpose of paying dividends to its members. Its constant and fundamental purpose is to stand for principles and to commit itself to policies in the national interest of the ciropies. The Republican party is the party of our fathers. It is the party of our benefactors, its principles vouchsafe to the Negro a fuller enjoyment of civic and political rights. it has served us and our interest in the past. We should support it that its strength may be conserved for the sake of greater service to our posterity in the future. The Republican party offers for the presidency a man whose record in public life should commend him to every Negro voter. As governor of New York and as justice of the Supreme Court, Mr. Hughes has shown himself above race prejudice, fair and unrelenting in the right. The Republican party took up your battles when the South fired on Fort Sumter. It freed you from the fear of cruel slavery. Conferred upon you the rights of a citizen, and ever since abolished by the establishment, by establishing grounds for your benefit. Thus giving you a chance to prepare yourself to exercise intelligently the privilege of voting. This in brief is the record of the Republican party in your behalf. What have the Democrats done? "Don't bite the hand that has nourished you." Hamm's - the one beer for me KWBORNT1400 IRI STATE 77 321 THE BUSY CORNER Uhder New Management COR. RONDO ST. ANN We have accession of the Grocery & ionery kn THE BUSY and we purpose to ma name implies, by keeping the present and prospect line of strictly first class Groceries, Vegetables, F Candy, Bread, Cake, Etc. Soda Water, School Suppnches at all hours. Give tion guaranteed. If you want ask for it, if we ha it. A trial will convince W. R. McDo TEL. DAL 381 Rondo St. TO ST. AND WEST the acquirement of the ffi ery & Com- mery known BUSY CO. close to make of ffi by keeping on hir and prospective cur- first class Stap- ietables, Fruits, Co- Cake, Etc. Also School Supplies, Hours. Give us a co- d. If you don't it, if we havent giv convince. McDowell TEL. DALE 2646 Io St. and we purpose to make of it. all that it's name implies, by keeping on hand, for all of the present and prospective customers a full line of strictly first class Staple and Fancy Groceries, Vegetables, Fruits, Confectionery, Candy, Bread, Cake, Etc. Also Ice Cream, Soda Water, School Supplies, Hot and Cold Lunches at all hours. Give us a call. Satisfaction guaranteed. If you don't see what you want ask for it, if we havent got it we'll get it. A trial will convince. W. R. McDowell, Prop. TEL. DALE 2646 CITATION FOR EXAMINATION OF FINAL ACCOUNT STATE OF MICHIGAN COUNTY OF Ramsey—ss. In Probate Court. In the Matter of the Estate of Glifford Sherry Accident. The Court of Minnesota to All Whom it May Concern: On reading and filing the petition of the petitioner, the Court, praying, that the Court fix six time acts for examining, adjusting and allowing his Final Account, and for the assign- ment of the estate to the persons thereto entitled: It is Ordered. That said petition be interested in said matter be cited and requi- appear before this Court, on Monday, the 22nd day of October, 1916, at 10 10 AM. Defective Page Probate Court Rooms in the Court House in the City of St. Paul, in said have, said why cause, if any they have, why said cause, if any granted and that this citation be served by publication in the Appeal according to a copy of this citation at least 14 days prior day of hearing, to each of the heirs, devises and legates of said decedent appear from the files of this Court. Witness the Judge of said Court this MARS LODGE NO. 2202, G. U. O. F. Meets second and fourth Wednesday in each month at Union Hall, Aurora and Kent streets at 8:00 P.M. L. Ransom, N. G.; J. Wesley Kelly, P. S. 850 St. Anthony Avenue. FREDERICK DOUGLASS LODGE NO. 9005, G. U. O. F. meets second and third Monday in each month at Union Hall, corner Aurora and Kent Streets at 8:00 P.M. W. P. Lewis, N. G.; James R. Lynn, p. S. 375 Carroll Avenue. ST. PAUL PATRIARCHY NO. 114. Meets third Monday in each month at Union Hall, corner Aurora and Kent Streets at 8:00 P.M. George B. Lowe, R. V. P.; Augusta Jones, W. P. R. HOUSEHOLD OF RUTH NO. 553, G. U. O. F. of the third Monday in each month at Union Hall, Aurora and Kent streets at 8:00 P.M. M. N. Gryles, M. N. G.; Mrs. Carrie E. Lidday, W. R. 918 Wood-bridge street. Minneapolis OF RUTH NO. 776 U. O. F. of the fourth Tuesday in each month at Labor Ave. South Danger, M. N. G.; Miss Cora Napler, W. GOPHER LODGE NO. 105. B. F. Wednesday in each feet second. B. F. Wednesday in each feet second. B. F. Wednesday in each feet second. Aurora and Kent Streets. O. B. R. M. Johnson. Seey. 527 Kent Street. LICIOUS THIEF FIDELITY COURT OF CALANTHE NO. 6, A. S. A. E. A. A. and A. meets first at P. Hall Monday in each month at K. of P. Hall Ave. Mineolaps. Mrs. Minerva Barnett. W. C.; Miss Arlene M. Scott R. of D. 25. W. 29. Wt. 28. NAT TURNER LODGE NO. 2, K. OF P. Minneapolis, meets C. OF. and fourth Thursdays in each month. Blidge, second floor, corner Fourth street. Eighth nueve south at 8:15 p. m. standing are welcome. Ralph Watson, C. C. Whitw. K. R. S. 521 Washington Ak. N. PILGRIM BAPTIST CHURCH, CB- dress street and Summit avenue. Sunday day streets: 8:00 a.m. m. and 8:00 p. m. Sunday school. B. Y. 8:00 p. m. Sunday school. B. Y. 8:45 p. m. Prayer service Wednesday 8:00 p. m. Funerals Wednesday 8:00 p. m. Attended. Rev. B. W. Nomenclature Promptly attended. Rev. B. W. Nomenclature 933 West Central avenue. Pastor's study at church. Tel Jackson 346. MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH, corner Rice and Flower streets. Sunday services: Preaching, 11 a. m. and 8 p. m.; Sunday School 12:45; Deaconess setting? B. Y. P. U. 7:30 p. m. Public cordially invited. Rev. B. H. M. Donald, pastor, 651 W. Central avenue. ST. JAMES A. M. E. CHURCH, COR- Fuller and Jay streets. Sunday services: 11:00 a.m. 7:30 p. m. Wednes- days: 8:00 p. m. Pastor visits on Monday and Thursday. Home wednesday and Thursday. Weddings, funeralsonage 435 Jay street. Rev. J. P. Jones, Pastor. St. Paul MOST WORSHIPFUL GRAND LODGE OF MINNESOTA, F. AND A. M. GEO. L. HOAGE, Grand Master, 590 Charles St., St. Paul, Minn. IRA S. ASHE, Grand Secretary, 325 Rondo St., St. Paul, Minn. ODD FELLOWS Minneapolis AYSY LODGE No. b P first and third wedge Castle Hall 221 W. Uni Knights F. Farrington Knights in goo standing always James Thomas, C. C. Jas. St. E. James, C. 148 B St. E. 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