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3. The separate car laws have grown to
SUCH provoking proportions, and they are SO
unjust, degrading, and oppressive in their
operations, that we deem it urgent to direct
attention to them here. We urge and advise,
in the interest of justice and decency that
the graduated Passenger rate prevailing in
North Carolina be substituted for the in
famous system now in force in most of the
other states of the South It is a principle
ct common law that a man shall pay for
What he wants and get what he pays for
Under the prevailing system a. contract made
IN New York with a ra|ilroad or other COM
mon carrier is not worth the paper it is
written on south of North Carolina. Is this
or statute law practice in the United States.
contract valid in one state of the republic
should be valid in every state-with all other
citizens than Afro Americans it is
4. In the interest OF humanity, we request
that the penal institutions of the South be
reformed: The horrors Of them depicted BY
better, have grown worse. The indiscriminate
herding OF males and females and Juveniles
ID the convict camps Of the South constitutes
ministration of justice in the republic Sepa-
rate the males from the females; give the
Juveniles asylums of their own and the op-
Union do It,, why can't the South? It has
wealth enough, it needs only Inclination. We
appeal to it's inclination. AS a matter Of
Americans in the South who are held in in
voluntary service, contrary to the thirteenth
amendment to the Constitutions of the United
states and the peonage statutes thereof
= .. Intelligent citizenship is the strongest
safeguard Of the state. The taxation for
school purposes in the Southern states is
wholly inadequrye to obliterate the abnormal
illiteracy OF those states due in large part
to the maintenance of separate schools for
the two races. necesstating a double expen-
uiture OF MONIES, We suggest that a part of
the public domain of such states as have
publle lands be devoted to school purposes. :
g.. We feel that a more general distri-
Dutlon of the Afro American race throughout
the the states OF the Union and the new terri
torles OF the republic, in order to reduce the
congested population of the Southern states.
would do much to simplify the race problem
IN those states, and we urge that such dis
tr1pution be encouraged in all reasonable
way. We have no sympathy whatever with
tne schemes OF those who wish to have the
race leave the United States tor foreign coun-
tries. We shall remain here and fight out
our destiny in the land Of our fathers.
Z. We favor both higher and Industrial edu-
cation and we are grateful at the splendid
growth OF the love of education manifested
py the eagerness with which our people fill
an avenues of education open to them
g.. We are gratified at the DEVELOPMENT of
business enterprises OF all sorts among us
anu we wish to encourage all such as being
among the strongest levers nthe uplift OF The
race. We submit our cause to the fair-mind-
ed men OF our own land and Of the world at
large, and invoke divine interpretation in our
behalf III s"S = 80 80
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1T is gratifying to know that so
many members of the legislature are
Christian men. This is as it should
be, and we hope the people of the state
will continue to choose as their law
makers men who fear. God and love
their neighbors. ''-Raleigh News and
Observer.
IT the majority of the members of
the North Carolina legislature ere
Christians then The Appeal prefers to
worship the devil The idea of calling
men Christians who deliberately
scheme to deprive their Afro-Ameri-
can fellow-citizens of their manhood
rights is absurd.
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The Appeal., 1899-02-11
SATURDAY FEBRUARY il. 1899.
The following, headlines and all, is
copied from Southern Democratic
newspaper:
MARRIED A NEGRO.

MARRIED A NEGRO.
Mrs G. E. sDemass Leaves Her Hus-
band to Become A Negro's Wife,
Mrs. G. E. Demass, white woman,
arrived in the city a few days ago and
together with her two children regis
tered at a local boarding house. She
registered as being from Plain Dealing,
La. She departed two days afterward
on north bound Cotton Belt train.
Saturday her brother, who refused to
give his name, visited the police and
inquired if his sister had been seen, as
he last heard Of her being in this city.
He also stated that she was to have
met a Negro at this place and later get
married. He wanted one of her chill
dren and that was all the information.
he would give regarding his pursuit of
her.
That recalls the fact that the North.
Carolina lynchings were caused by an
Afro-American editor stating that such
incidents sometimes occur. It was
claimed, very foolishly, that the Afro
American editor reflected upon all
white women by stating that some
among them are bad. The incident
seems to indicateve clearly that some
white women form attachments for
Afro-American men, and disproves the
statement that the antipathy Of the
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Alexander Walters, New Jersey.
7. Thomas Fortune, New York.
I. B. W.. Barnett, Illinois.
Cyrus Field Adams, Illinois,
George H. White, North Carolina,
BENJAMIN w. Arnett Ohio.
John Mitchell Jr., Virginia.
G.. W. Clinton. Missouri.
]. P. Peaker, Connecticut =
c. S. Morris, Massachusetts. -.., =
w. A. Pledgel Georgia.
I. J. Bradley, Kansas. =.
T. J. Sanford, Iowa.
Daniel Murray, District of Columbia
Robert Pelham, Michigan.
H. T. Johnson, New Jersey
A subcommittee consisting of Cyrus
Field Adams, Daniel Murray and
George IT. White was appointed to rep
resent the executive committee in all
matters of legislation in which it may
concur and which it may recommend.
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American justice and fair play 20 through
hre and death and devastation and come out
again: Our optimism is as expansive as as
American love of justice and fair play. And
when properly appealed to, when properly
aroused, we do not believe that the world
can car. furnish a sublimer reply than it can and
t?a1 Wiil give. And we do not look to one sec
especially to the South where we know thai
we nave friends who have been tried in the
furnace of experience and found true, and
who will be faithful in the future, as they
have been in the past, if we shall be true to
ourselves, true to the God who brought us
os o9t 20 OF the Egypt of slavery into The Judea
But no race has ever risen out of the shad-
oWs into the sunlight without fierce oppo-
sit1on. We have been no exception to the
RUE. ana all the way TO the top cf the lad
der, where Daniel Webster declared there
was plenty OF room, however long it takes
ana tlme IS the most important factor in the
economy OF God in working out the destiny
Of races and nations-we shall encounter
heIce antagonism but we shall win in the
fa1r play on our side.
j.; IN h;e VIEW OF the present condition of affairs
IN which we find ourselves we beg to direct
l.. Since 1868 there has been a steady and
persistent determination to eliminate us from
the politics of the Southern states. We are
psrsntn not TO 0e Ell eliminated Suffrage is federal
or withheld by the states. We are not op-
posed to legitimate restriction of the suffrage.
Dut we insist that restrictions shall apply
alike to all citizens of all states We are
Wiling to accept an educational. or property
qualification or both. We insist that neither
CT these was intended or is conserved by the
new constitutions of Mississippi, South Caro-
INA. or Louisiana. Their trainers intended
and did disfranchise a majority of their citi-
zensh1p because of trace, color, and previous
condition. and we therefore call upon the
congress to reduce the representation of
those states in the congress, as provided and
mace mandatory by section of article XIV.
OF the constitution We cali upon Afro-Amer-
lcans everywhere to resist by all lawful means
the determination to deprive them of their
sufrage rights. II it Is necessary to accom-
pllsh this vital purpose to divide their vote
IN IN gwen state We advise that they divide it.
Ihe shibboleth of party must give way to
the shibboleth of self preservation. 3 7
z The increase of mob and lynch law in
the republic must be source Of regret and
grief to every law abiding citizen It has
become source of reproach at home and
abroad We feel that this cancer on the body
polite is breeding a contempt for law
which vii! spread over the whole body of the
nation unless stop be put to It, The re-
cent outbreaks of it in the Carolinas have
shocked and disgusted the nation. We regret
that the president of the United States saw
Mt to treat with silence this vital matter in
his second annual message to Congress.
Yet we indulge the hope that he will use his
good offices to settle this matter to the satis
faction of all concerned and the honor ana
glory Of the nation. go. -
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G. W. Clinton Rishon W uIars Arns+t olSnop pa'p
r. w ~ Tots,{ 1,STp,.e w. al A4eSS, 1sev.
H TerrelI yHMn Rav VanGy. VM ~ =. q. Jordon. r.
Counselor-D. II Jones.
Z Saorsta Wv AZ. =; oos.
Assistanf sacrsta doa e. ~ We1s mha Barnett.
Treasurer-I w w grhnmmson m pson'
Sar~aontot w. 4AVMpSon.
Chapiain@Rev sy' = Gr,,ntay e. IEay.
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Executive COMMITTEES.
x1nahtlahi. 1,ahn Ihomas fortune, New York.
1,IDana,-A;s ArHonsasH :, warner, :. w Shea.
ArKaansas-E.C. Norris, John K. Rector.
Sainrada iUn,a-TSos; s ETancis. y. 3. Morton.
Gonnec+;cn+ =. - ra4ehiey n1y r, "A. Hu1para.
EEIInecttcu[J: PsPeaKer, Geo. A. jenkins.
ERI,aMareMo.A E,na,%a a. JASON y. y. Robinson.
Ganro;aM x; Gno,e, m1s1 - ~: w; keWey.
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EGKSTElN NORTON UNlYEKSlTx

CANE sPaiNo. svlC,rr COUNTY. Ky.
"1ndu.trial training will set 20 motion ton ther,
REV. ossoaads9 I'D a4St 81 G6andsif ha
THE LOCATION.
7hs Ickstein Norton University is situated at Css
Spring, KY. twenty mine miles from Louisville, Ky,i
one ofths most healthy and quiet setlements il tn
On 1oa1 IN of lich. rolling laad, suI1sundsd al
high mountains peopled with timber Of many v.ried
species. In this quiet letreat sway from the bu.tls
nents ef pscss Of vice md unvholesone anusenaent
one dnds study easy EecEestion heiRf1 snd .hs phys
s e and is spy @
.---ats 70 prepare for nm active life.
eCeARTMENTs.
:s;;ys:; $ssssP $S:i;sss:Ps:' $s:;5 5;sS oa''.
!ork Shops in Woods end Metals.
fs;nsins ID s5d 81 ia asRsW WsssS, %as
Musical Conservatory.
The above department: are under competent proses
s2snehss ssseS Fhey 6Ser,
st..e gniyersity, Chicago Msogal Training School s.
oar siasse. and .trdie. arranged th. studens
their health finances, and return ~jplss
the future time The time to 6nisn
10 the least possible consistent With thorous
work in all departments.
TERMS
Board roonc fuel titio7 end washing IS per month
studenss may entel vt any time in the year.
HELF ron s1UoCHTs.
Deserving students may have the privilege Of extra
reduction in proportion to the work they are willing q
DO We ask patronage not only of our Ies,
rate but account of the high character of th
work done. Our accommodations are frst-class AM
offered alike to both sexss.
Persons en- route to Cane Spring, KY, via Louisville
may find FREQ accommodation 40. 52I Laurel 6tzeo
Louisville, KY.
Tor catalogues and all business address the PresuGs
aEv. G. X. PARRISH, A. NJ, s
. CANE SFaiA3. aM,
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WIRED OVER FIVE LANDS TO MAN ACROSS THE STREE =
London Gable
through Countrie Mana

The telegraph Offices Of the London-Br1ssels
and London-Paris cable companies are directly
opposite to each other in one of those narrow
streets of London where one hardly has room
enough to change his mind.
z The operators good friends, and often
When work is slow cross to each other to have
friendly chat. 85s s.s 8
It happened during the English Soudan war
that the operators were kept constantly at
their Instruments. not having time for calls.
The operator OF the Paris cable discovered that
he had left his pipe on the table Of his COLI
eague across the way the night previous.
To go over for 1t was an impossibiIity. The
licking Of the instrument would not permit
The Appeal., 1899-02-11
ST. LOUIS OFFICE,
No. 1909 FRANKLIN AVENUE
J. n. HARRISON, Manager.
DALLAS OFFICE,
NUMBER 497 MAIN STREET.
L. A.. BROWN, Manager.


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Silver should never be sent throuph the mai,
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Admiral William r. SIMPSONS second daugh-
ter, Miss Hannah Walker Sampson, Miss
Mamie Sampson, as she is better known In
Washington society. is betrothed to Ensign
Solace, which will sail for Manila within
week. The engagement has just been an
nOunced. ...s,- .-"
It was at one of the naval academy dances.
at Annapolis in 1894, that Miss Mamie, then
little more than child, met Mr.. Cluverius,
who was a cadet in his second year. The ac-
quaintance then formed ripened into affection
las the years went by. Mr.. Cluverius Is a
son Of the late COL w. II. Cluvertus Of New
Orleans and is a grandson Of President Tyler.
His father served with gallantry in the Con-
The Appeal., 1899-02-11

The oldest living nun is an Afro
American woman, Sister Ellen Joseph,
of the Oblate Sisters, who has entered
her 109th year of age, and the 61st
year of her profession. .- 's
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federate army.
It was originally intended that the wedding
should take place at the end of the present
cruise, or two years hence. The government,
however, has decided not to keep the Solace
on the Asiatic station. Instead, she will make
semi-annual trips to the Philippines with men
and supplies for the ships there stationed. So.
unless he is detached and ordered to another
vessel. Ensign Cluverius will return to the
United States in the early summer and the
wedding will probably be solemnized them.
1t Is probable that Mr.. Cluverius will hold
higher rank before the wedding. Should the
Personnel bill become a law he will be ee.
waited to the grade of junior lieutenant In
June. At.s r.
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Hamburg Butler and other distinguish
ed Southerners will seek a concession
to control the lynchings, burnings and
massacres in the new territory.
The Appeal., 1899-02-11
SUBCOMMITTEE

VI the Executive Committee, Being
the Real Working Force of the
Organization. -
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EuuEATEnNAL.
CANNON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

A1lAN1A, a1oKsIA.
ANS AND METHODS
- ain q this school y to - practical w.
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fts eosS1ss q stldy y broaA aad p aeticai; &
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- frsG6 e1Stematic, clear aad simpsh.
COURSES OF STUDY,
,.erlar Courpo Of Study occspAes Asm
~ca0' esd eoyeso the lines Of work in the 0ssv
3snartmoats Of theological instruction 4saalis
snzseel in d lsahjag theological ssainAnAs >
~ e0unLSy.
ExvCN6ES AND AID.
Fft,aa and roon-rsnt are tree. Ths spss<
80 fee studeAts aEe plainly. furnished. Gosa
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6aildings heated ~ steam.
Ala from loans without interest, and gtrts q
ttiends, ars graptad = dsse.vmg students Who d
ihsir utmost in the line q 81 nep; ~ 70 yo1s!
sri1ed Of ths advsntagss now opened 70 Aim
khio seminary. For furtner parucHlar! sddrsss
NJ Wu1x1 2. TnIRKnRLD. D. D.. Pres6ans
.Aa1ta. O.