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speech as brave words fifty spoken, 9
which shows that the best sentiment of
the state is with him.

We have heard of Americans
being lynched for very many little
things, but the latest is the lynching
of Louis Thomas near Girard, La,
Monday by mob composed of white
men. The offense with which Thomas
was charged was the stealing of a
bottle Of pop. Now, what a difference
there would be if Thomas was whit,
man and had lived in luxury off of
other peoples money entrusted to him
as banker or something of the sort,
and then when he saw failure inevi-
table he would take the benefit of the
bankrupt act and die like a gentleman
in his own bed surrounded by his sor-
rowing relatives and friends. Evil
IDENTIFY Thomas made two mistakes in
his life; the first, was in being born
black, and the other was in living in
louisiana y
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From the window of the chapel softly sounds
an organs note, - .,I'.;rs ~ r.
Through the wintry Sabbath cleaning drifting
shreds Of music float, p Z
And the quiet and the freight and the sweetly
solemn tunes A.tct.5 =
Bear me dreaming back to boyhood and it's
Sunday afternoons; z%,- SO =
When we gathered in the parlor, in the parlor
stiff and grand, 49, 5@szl. sss:.9 49, ]
Where the haircloth chairs and sofas stood
arrayed, gloomy band,
w here each queer oil portrait watched us with
countenance of wood
And the shells upon the whatnot in a dustless
splendor stood rs
Then the quaint old parlor organ, with the
quaver In its tongue
Seemed to trenlble in its fervor as the sacred
songs were sung,
AS we sang the hornely anthems, sang the glad
revival hymns ~ F.g
OF the glory Of the story and the light no
sorrow dims. q !. ,r.-7=
While the dusk grew even deeper and the even.
ing settled down,
And the .laInp-lit windows twinkled in the
droWsy little town, - 3
Old and young we sang the chorus and the
echoes told it DER
In the dear, familiar voices, hushed or scat
tered eyermore. ,E
From the windows Of the chapel faint and low
the music dies,
And the picture in the freight fades before
my tear-dimmed eyes,
But my wistful fancy, listening, hears tn.
night wind hum the tunes
That we sang there in the parlor on those Sum
day afternoons $50
job Lincoln. in Saturday Evening Post.
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SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1901.

There is little consolation in the
fact that at least some of the southern
whites are beginning to see the helm
BUSINESS of their lynching habit The
new Alabama constitution makes the
sheriff responsible for permitting a
mob to take a prisoner away from him.
Sheriff Vann of Texas made speech
before the Sheriffs Association, in
which he said lynching is a crime
more heinous than treason, and es-
pecially repugnant to the great prin-
cinples of justice and right underlying
our laws, principles for which the
Anglo-Saxon race struggled for more
than 1000 years to wiring from the
hands of tyrants." In his eyes, to take
ahe life of a human being in any other
way than by due process of law, no !
matter what the crime that being
may have committed. is unjusti-
fable murder, and murder which it |
is the most sacred duty of the peace
officer to prevent at any cost, And
he declared that as for himself, he
would rather lay down his life than
I
that helpless prisoner Of his should
furnish the victim for mob violence.
The Post commends Sheriff Vann's
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The hot spell for the last few days
has had very depressing effect upon
all humanity and We editor accordingly.
THE FOUR YANKEES.
Continued from list, FaEe.1

south from Benson, among the ora ito
foothills, where probably no white mon
put they had ever been Indians ,,,o,o
hired to go to the spot and to act 80 -
they were out hunting and unwittine1v
,'o stuaoied upon the bandits, whom
they did not know. Then when tho Tn.
uialls had engaged Elkins and Wilbur in
oo'iV eisatlon the redskins were to give. a
sishs'l oy the apparently careless dis
cnarSe OF pistol that they might be
llahollng' and posse of twenty men was
TO r1de to the scene. Each man in the
pand was to take his chances of getti,no
shot by the robbers. The plan worked
We'll. The bandits were asleep when. Tho
Indians came there one warm afternoon
Inc Apaches asked for food. and whi1e
wilbur Went to get knife to cut a, slice
from deer hanging in the mesnuite
brush near at hand, one of the Indians
pretending to be interested in one of the
white strangers pistols DISCHARGED It. a
few minutes later the posse rode up ape1l-
nell from behind low foothi1l that i'm,
peded the view ~
We're trapped! we're trapped,"
shrieked Ell1ins as he jumped from his
couch of leaves and saw the horsemen
clrcling about the bandits hiding place.
In second he and Wilbur were behind
two great oaks and were preparing to
sell their lives as dearly as possible. For
n moment they were off their guard and
forgot the Indians in the camp in the rear,
and no sooner had they turned their
faces toward the advancing posse thao
both Elkins and Wilbur were shot in
the back of the Apache trailers There
was no other ! shooting. Elkins
dropped dead in his tracks, while Will
bur, who had a horrible wound near
the heart, lived half an hour.
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to withdraw her name, but was not
permitted to do so. -.

to withdraw her name, but was not
permitted to do so. ..s.S.
" The balloting then began. It was a
secret ballot. Nearly the entire vote
Of the Illinois delegation, which was
the largest in the convention, was cast
for Mrs. Washington. The second
largest delegation, that from New York
state, voted as a unit for Mrs Yates.
TWo-thirds Of the total number of
votes cast, or Is votes, was necessary
for a choice. The first ballot resulted
in no nomination, Mrs. Yates receiv-
ing &c votes, Mrs. Washington rs votes
and Mrs. Bruce % votes.
The announcement of the vote was
received with applause. Mrs. Bruce
and Mrs Washington then withdrew
their names and requested that the
nomination Of Mrs. Yates be made
unanimous The tellers cast one vote
for Mrs. Yates as the unanimous choice
OF the convention. Mrs. Yates burst
into tears and Mrs. Terrell threw her
arms about her and kissed her on the
cheek with a smack that resounded
high above the cheers There was a
regular kissing bee after that, with
Mrs. Yates as the general object of
attack. Mrs. Yates was crying and
there were damp eyes all through the
hall
Mrs. Booker T. Washington was hon
ored by election to the next highest
office, that of vice president. Mrs.
Agnes Moody of Chicago was elected
second vice-presiden Miss Smallwood
of Pittsburg, corresponding secretary;
Mrs. Bruce, chairman Of the national
executive committee; Mrs. Libbie G..
Anthony, Kansas City, Mo-, treasurer:
Miss Elizabeth C. Carter, New Bed
ford, recording secretary; Mrs. S. H.
Evans (the popular president of the
Phyllis Wheatley Club of Buffalo, as
sistant recording secretary; Mrs. Jo-
seph Holmes, Atlanta, Ga, second as
sistant secretary.
The chief contest in the election was
for the Office of national organizer be-
tween Mrs: u. A. Davis of Chicago and
Mrs. Tate of Grand Rapids. Mich.
After about ten ballots had been taken
without any apparent break on either
side, and with each candidate as
strong on the last as on the earlier.
ballots, Mrs. Tate withdrew and Mrs.
Davis election was made unanimous.
During the evening solid silver
loving cup, handsomely mounted. was
presented to Mrs. Mary Church Ter
rell OF Washington, D. c., the retir-
ing president. The gift was from the
association, the presentation speech
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Of the world.

governments Of the world
Whereas, This barbarous method of
punishment is operating, not only in
the Southern section of our country,
but it's baneful influence is reaching to
every section; and
Whereas, The Negro womanhood
and childhood of the nation suffer
from it's operation to an alarming and
painful degree; be it
z Resolved, That this National Associ-
alton of Colored Women condemn it
with all the strength Of our woman
hood and pledge to raise our pro-
test against it under all circumstan-
ces.
The resolution came before the
convention bearing the approval of
the resolutions committee, in which
1t had been introduced by Josie b..
Holmes Of Atlanta, Ga, one of the
brightest women of the South. It
passed the convention by a unanimous
vote and amid applause.
There was quite contest over the
election of president. %:5,
The convention would have been on
~ too glad to again honor Mrs. Mary
Church Terrell of Washington with the
presidency, but this would be con
trary to the constitution, and because
of this Mrs. Terrell had to step down
and out, though her sisters made her
their first honorary president.
The candidates nominated for presi-
dent were Mrs. Booker T. Washington,
Mrs. B. K. Bruce and Mrs. Silome j.
Yates.
Mrs. Yates begged to be permitted
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phine Bruce, Mrs. A. B. Wilson, Mrs.
Langston Nanper and Mrs. w. HI. Tai

phine Bruce, Mrs A. B. Wilson, Mrs.
Langston Nanper and Mrs. w. H. Tai
bert.
On Thursday, Booker T. Washing
ton was a visitor at the convention.
Mrs B. K. Bruce, who is yice-presi-
dent of the association, called the
meeting to order, in a complimentary
talk on the progress which has been
made in the last two years in the for
nation of new clubs; of women, and in
the improvement in the moral con-
dition of the race.
Mrs. Booker T. Washington adj
dressed the convention on the advances
which have been made in literary
studies by women, notably in the
South
Reports from the Women's Club of
Atlanta, the Phyllis Wheatley Club Of
Chicago and the Amity Club of Buff
falo, showed a great amount Of work
which has been accomplished, and not
able among these reports was that
from the Chicago organization, which
reported the closing of a saloon
through it's efforts. This caused great
joy to the delegates, and called forth
loud applause, IS
The afternoon session was turned
over to the Women's Christian Tenn
perance Union, and was presided over
by Mrs. Lucy Thurman, of Michigan,
who is the national superintendent.
Mrs. R. S. Moody, who is considered
the pioneer in the temperance work
among the race, and who left her home
in Chicago twenty-five years ago with
an infant in her arms to start the cru
SADIE against rum, was the principal
speaker She was followed by Mrs.
Frances Harper, of Philadelphia, who
has established reputation as a poet
and magazine contributor.
Mrs. Rosetta Lawson of Washington.
ID. G., who is the national organizer
among the colored people for the w. G..
+. u, gave an address on the great
benefits the race could derive in self
denial Mrs. Lawson was a delegate
to the world convention of the w. C..
I.U. IN Edinburgh last year, and there
accomplished much good for her race
in America.
Mrs. ID. r. StereIte Of Charleston, S.
e, gave an interesting talk on the adj
Vancement of temperance in her state,
saving that many families had been eli
.eVated to the station Of almost luxury
by inducing the husbands and the
fathers to abstain from drink.
On Friday the association passed
the following resolution:
Lynching is mode Of punishment
at once barbarous and crime-produc-
ing instead Of crime decreasing. It
blackens the fair name of any state
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being made by Mrs. Jerome jeffrey of
Rochester, N. ". Mrs. Terrell respond
ing very happily. The latter had been
president of the association for five
years. She is the wife of Robert Hill
lerton Terrell of Washington, D. c.,
principal of washington High School,
and was the first Afro American wo-
man in this country to be honored
by membership of the board of school
trustees of the District Of Columbia.
Mrs. Yates, the new president, read
an excellent paper on women as a
Factor in the Solution of Race Prob
lems." -
e Other interesting papers were read,
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the death of the late Queen Victoria.
and the convention adjourned after
voting to hold the next national meet
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EGKSTElN NORTON UNIVERSITY
CANE SPRING. auLLrrr COUNTY, KY.
Industrial training will to motion thousand
wheels.''
REV. VIM. J. SIMMONS, D. D., LID,
Ta.foy, rdor 6rofr 6ann
THE LOCATION.

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THE LOCATION.
The Eckstein Norton University is situated at Cane
one Of the most hsathr and quiet Settlements IL the
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HANDLING JAGS
CONTINUED From F,rst Para /,

on earth worth Knowing He was presels
at the eruption of Krakatoa, and he saver
the life Of the Mikado Of Japan no less
than seven times He once beat George
Slosson 319 points in a 6O0-point game OF
fourteen-inch balk-line billiards. though
of course he's a bit out Of practice now.
He was only twenty EIGHT feet away from
the battleship Maine when that Inflated
man-o'-war was blown up; and how his
LIE was preserved, darned If he can tell
you. Yes, he was the leading baritone
with the grand opera company, under an
assumed name. five years ago, a1..,ough
OF course his voice seems bit husky just
now Uh-huh! He saw the American
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Gov. Beckham of Kentucky is very
hot because the Afro-American Bap-
lists of Frankfort have secured the
title to property contiguous to his resi-
dence and threatens to recommend to
the legislature the removal of the cap
ital to some other city if the church
is built. Evidently Gov. Beckham is
not a Christian. 80 :s.T 1-.. ~:
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THE APPEAL: a ATI0NALxAFRO- AMERICAN NEWSPAPER
NATIONAL ASSO CICTION5
OF coLoRED WoMENHoLDs AL
ENNlAL MEETiNGIN BUFFALO
"A Large Aggregation of the Lesdin. Afro-
American " omen Pre-, . ut an d Much got d
Work Done for the Up-buildlng OF the
Race-Els elton of officers.

The second biennial convention of
the National Association of Colored
Women met in Buffalo, N. Y, at the
rooms of the Women's Educational
and industrial Union, Tuesday Of last
week, with a fair attendance of promi-
nent women from all over the country.
Mrs. Mary Church TerriH who has
held the office Of president for five
years, presiding. At the morning SEES
sion there was considerable trouble
over the seating of delegates. At the
night session, President Terrill de-
livered her biennial address. There
were about two hundred delegates
present. The reports of various
officials showed encouraging growth
in the membership during the past
year. In the 800 local clubs organ
lied by the National Association, there
is a membership of 5000 women.
An interesting art exhibit is given in
the convention rooms by Mrs. Lottie
Wilson. Her portrait of Anna Murray
the first wife of Frederick Douglass,
was given a place Of honor over the
platform. T. i. Hi
At the wednesday session, Mrs.
Frederick Douglass, widow of the .so1d
man eloquent spoke on the advance
ment Of the Afro American and her
remarks created great enthusiasm.
During the days sessions Mrs. Mary
Church Terrell, the president of the
association, was the hostess of DR..
Sarah Morris of Buffalo, who was
given place of honor on the platform.
Reports on the work of the various
clubs distributed throughout the coun-
try. formed the business Of the morn
ing session. Reports were made by
the following delegates: Miss Nellie
A.. Baker Of the Kings Daughters
Circle of Cleveland, O.; Mrs Mary
Sellers of Cleveland. O.; Mrs. Cora Page
of the Women's Aid Club of Peoria,
Ill; Mrs. Mamie B. Walker of the
Missionary Club of Chicago; Miss Dora
johnson of the Dunbar Club of Nor
walk, O.; Mrs. Emma A. Talbot of the
Minerva Reading Club of Cleveland
O., and Mrs. b. A. .Durgan of the Tus-
kegee Women's Club of Tuskegee, Ala.
Temperance Among Colored Peo-
ple,' was the subject of discussion at
It the evening session. The speakers
a included Mrs. J. S. Yates, Mrs. Jose.
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condition. was all that I needed in that
line. -. .a..z.s, - -, ......z=
g These are only a few, recalled at ran
dom. But wish they were 81. ferocious
Jags. I need the exercise" And the expert
bouncer stretched his arms and yawned
IN bored sort Of way.-New York Sun,
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EuuEA1TIuNAH..
CANNON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
AIMS AND METHODS

ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
AIMS AND METHODS
The aim of this school is to do practical
work in helping men toward success in
the ministry. Its course of study is
broad and practical; its ideas are high:
it's work is thorough; it's methods ard
fresh, systematic, clear AND simple
COURSE OF STUDY
The regular course of study occupies
three years, and covers the lines of work.
in the several departments of theologicaE
instruction usually pursued in the leading
theological seminaries of the country
EXPENSES AND AID
Tuition and room rent are free. The
apartments for students are plainly fur
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dollars per month. Buildings heated by
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Aid from loans without interest, and
gifts of friends, are granted to deserv-
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line of .self-help. No young man with
graceA gifts, and energy, need be deprived
OF the advantages now opened to him
in this Seminary. For further particulars
address REV. WILBUR p. THIRKIELD.
D. D., President Atlanta, Ga.
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General Secretary.
Z. S.-Let the organizations named
above, especially the churches, colleges
and lodges, elect their delegates as
soon as possible and send their names
to Bishop A. Walters, 228 Duncan ave-
nue., Jersey City, N. T., or Cyrus Field
Adams, General Secretary, 9S4 81, st.
n. w. Washington, d. G.
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