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The Appeal., 1908-06-20
AFRO-AMERICAN RIGHTS.

The Republican platform has in it
the following plank:
The Republican party has been
for more than fifty years the con-
sistent friend of the American Negro.
1t gave him freedom and citizenship.
1t wrote into the organic law the
declarations that proclaim his civil
and political rights, and it believes
today that his noteworthy progress
in intelligence, industry and good
citizenship has earned the respect
and encouragement Of the nation.
We demand equal justice for all men,
without regard to race or color; we
declare once more, and without res
ervation, for the enforcement in let
ter and spirit of the thirteenth, four
teenth and fifteenth amendments to
the Constitution which were designed
for the protection and advancement
of the Negro, and we condemn all
devices that have for their real aim
his disfranchisement for reasons Of
color alone, as unfair, un-Americarf
and repugnant to the supreme law of
the land''
If the Democratic platform con-
tains anything in it that in anyway
approximates these declarations it
may be entitled to some considera-
tion, but as no such thing is either
probable or possible, we will still pin
Our faith to the G. O. P,
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holds a charter from the National Or
ganlzation. Charters will be sent
whenever requested by Mr.. Emmett
]. Scott, Corresponding Secretary,
Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, on re-
ceipt OF Post Office Money Order, or
New York Draft to cover same. Those
interested in promoting business en-
teprises among the Afro-Americans
are urged to secure charters as. early
as possible and to have their Leagues
represented at the coming Baltimore
session. ..--- r. Z, 5-.-. .-s- :. Il
DR.. Booker Washington, the Presi-
dent of the National Organization,
recently gave utterance to the follow.
ing statement in explanation of the
purposes Of the League: "The League
is not a. lodge; it pays no death bene-
fits; it has no pass words, grips, and
is not fraternal.' It is an organiza-
ton of Afro-American business men.
It offers to its members the fellow
ship OF the men among the race who
have succeeded. 1t has no honors or
dignities to bestow It is not in poll
tics and is not run by political meth
DDS. It recognizes that in a free coun-
try like ours it is the individual who
counts and that it is in the competi-
tion and struggles of business that
big men have been developed-mea
like Carnegie, Rockefeller, George
Foster Peabody, Robert G. Ogden, etc.
We have successful business men
among us. We want to get them to
know each other AS race we have
many special and peculiar business
problems to settle. We want to find
out what we are doing in a business
way and we want the best advice the
best business men of the race can
give US to assist in solving our
special business problems. This is
the purpose of the Business League.
It has no other purpose. It does not
seek to take the. place of any other
organization. 1t is like the organiza-
tion Of Afro-American physicians Bet
ter than papers is a study of facts:
How much business are we doing?
How about credits? How can we i'm
prove our metflnlls of selling, etc. ?"
The Appeal., 1908-06-20
SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1908.
OUR STANDARD BEARERS.

The Republican party has acted
wisely and we'll in naming as its
candidate for the Presidency, Will.
liam Howard Taft.
lie is a great man, popular with
the people, his public record is clean
and he stands for policies which
mean the continued progress of the
Nation. -s-
The howl which a few Afro-Amer-
leans have made against him was in
spired principally by those who had
ulterior motives.
Now, that the nomination has been
made, these people will see the er-
ror of their ways-they will realize
that they have made mistake in en-
deavoring to- work tip opposition to
the will of the majority of the party.
They will realizze that there is no
room in the Democratic party for
the Afro-American that there is no
hope for the race in that direction.
Mr.. Taft is in no sense an enemy
Of the Afro-American. He has
shown his friendship in many ways.
Recently he accepted an appoint
ment as one Of the trustees of the
Jeannes fund for the education of
poor Afro-Americans of the South.
The Appeal., 1908-06-20
NATIONAL BUSINESS LEAGUE
:~ NOTES.

The ninth annual session of the
National Business League is to be
held at Baltimore, Maryland, Wednes-
day, Thursday and Friday, August 19,
20 and Fl, 1908. The Local Business
League Of Baltimore, Mr.. Harry T.
Pratt, President, is in charge of the
arrangements of entertainment, etc.
The strongest forces among the
people of that city are cooperating
with Mr.. Pratt and the Local League
to make the coming session a sue
cess. Reduced rates as usual will be
secured for the meeting.
The following Local Business
Leagues have recently secured char
ters from the National Organization,
namely: Riverside, California; Sac
ramento, California; Annapolis, Mary
land; and Natchez, Mississippi. I'm
der decision of the National Negro
Business League, no Local League is
now recognized as such unless it
now recognized as such unless it
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The Appeal., 1908-06-20

ulists Of Georgia, supported Hoke
Smith; while this year they plowed
him under. This indicates that that
faction will control the party or
send it down to defeat Another in
dication is afforded by the following
conversation which a correspondent
of the Courier-J Journal recently had
with the late James K. Jones. The
correspondent says: ~5 ~: :
"But the strongest point he made
in his talk was the one that his party
was destined to lose majority of
the Catholic vote of the country, by
reason of the shrewd politics played
by Roosevelt in the Philippines. I
suppose you know he said, that in
1904 the Pope himself indicated his
wishes to his American cardinals: that
President Roosevelt was his friend
and should be elected, and I suppose
you also know that the wishes of the
Pope were carried out Why, in
Tammany Hall alone, 10000 Catho-
lie members deserted Parker and
voted for Roosevelt
"'This was pretty bad on us, when
one looks back to the days of 1866
and remembers that had not the
Democratic party squelched Know
Nothingis1n' there would not be a
Catholic. church standing Z in the
United States today
1t seems to be fact that people
nowadays care very little for what a
party has done in the past-they sup
port it for the sake of what it will do
in the future. If intolerable condi-
tions exist at any time, the persons
affected by them will support any
party regarded as being able to re-
lieve those conditions. The Demo
cratic party cannot inspire such
hope, on account >of its disgruntled
and irnpotent condition. ~
The Socialist convention recently
held in Chicago was not of the opera
bouffe order, but was of sufficient
Importance to attract attention. It
was gathering of earnest men led
| by brainy men. And it was, essen
TALLY, convocation of the proletar-
lat, the working class, the very class
to which the Democratic party has
always appealed and of which it
claimed to be the representative.
| Now the Socialists cannot, in the ma
ture of things, supersede the Repub-
lican party; but, aided by the Popu-
lists and Hearst's Independence
league, it seems destined to thrust the
| Democratic party aside and take its
place. Moreover, in its very strong
hold, the solid South, the Democratic
party has invoked the hostility Of the
saloon, heretofore one: of its strong
est allies, by its statewide prohibi-
ton hrrnbup +5ss, r
The Appeal., 1908-06-20
THE NATIONAL CONVENTION.

Established Political Institution With
No Laws but It's Own.
The national convention is the most
distinctly original American contrlDn-
ton to the art Of government It is
a product of evolution and it has no
legal status. ,aiS
The men who framed the Const:tu
ton made no provision for nominal.
ing candidates. and. in fact, had nnve-.s
heard Of nominations. It was their
intention that the electors should
choose the President uninfuenced by
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had been living for years in retire
ment and Gubsisting on charity, though
he had made fortunes for his master
and others.
Thomas Virgins is the name given
in his burial certificate, but the sur
name was one which the famous pian-
ist adopted. He was born slave near
Columbus, Ga, about 1850.
In early childhood Tom, who was
born entirely blind and more than
half idiotic, showed himself remark
ably initiative, frequently stealing into
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information Wanted.

am seeking my fater, George r.
Wet. His fathers name was George
west and his mother was Jane Coffey.
He has several brothers and sisters:
Daniel and Willie West and Bette,
Georgia, Priscilla and Lnlian West.
last heard Of him at Vandale, Ark My
mothers name was Sarah Wortham
/ have two sisters, Willie and Minnie
West Any information viii be CRATE
fully received by Hollie. West, Man
tee, Oklahoma
The Appeal., 1908-06-20

The fact is that the Democratic
party, repres enting nothing but OBJ
struction and ridiculous fllibustering,
lags superfuous on the stage, and
ought to make its exit by either the
left or right exit. Est delenda. s.
The Appeal., 1908-06-20
Down in Bacon Ridna

Silas--TYeas, Zeke Grossly popped
the question to Sue 5Wneatley last
night. Zeke is 6 feet Z and Sue is 6
feet 3 inches. = e 44 s 45
CyrusThat SO? Wal, 4 reckoa
7ou'd call that long, engaeenan = s
The Appeal., 1908-06-20
CANNON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
Il ATLANTA oE0RGIA r~

AIMS AND METHODS.
The aim of this school is to do prac-
tical work in helping men towards sue
cess in the ministry. It's course of study
is broad and practical; it's ideas are high:
it's work is thorough; it's methods are
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 theological
instruction usually pursued in the lead
ing theological seminaries of the country.
EXPENSES, AND AID.
Tuition and room rent are free. The
apartments for students are plainly fur
nished. = Good board can be had for seven
dollars per month. Buildings heated by
steam. .=:,. -
Aid from loans without interest. and
gifts of friends, are granted to deserv-
ing students who do their utmost in the
line of sself-help. No young man with
grace. gifts. and energy. need be deprived
of the advantages now opened tr. him
in this Seminary. For further particulars
REV. j. w. e. BOWEN. d. ID.
Pres. Cannon Theological Seminary.
The Appeal., 1908-06-20
COLLEGE

2 AUS I'M TEXAS. . =
The Oldest and Best School in Texas
for Colored Students. Faculty mostly
graduates OF we'll known colleges in the
north Reputation unsurpassed. Manua
training a part of the regular course.
Music a special feature of the school.
Srecial advantages for earnest students
seeking to help themselves. Send for
catalogue and circular to
REV.. MARSHALL r. GAINES, A. NJ.
President. .
AUSTIN. TEXAS.
The Appeal., 1908-06-20
THE DEMOCRATIC FIGHT FOR

The Democratic party must make
good fight this year if it's existence
as an important political power is to
be preserved. Of this there are por-
tentious signs
For instance, year ago, the Pop,
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INSTITUTE
CHESTER, S. c..

...t = CHESTER, 5. C..
A normal and industrial school with
Gogrse OF Stedy ad TO Eye
English education. and lay solid folln-
dation for success and usefulness in every
vocation of life. Board and boarding hall
The Appeal., 1908-06-20

the house of his master to reproduce
on the pianoforte pieces he nad heard
played by others. In 1861 he became
so proficient on the instrument that he
was taken to New York and exhlDlved
as a phenomenon and later was widely
heard in the United States and Eu-
rome 1-S4st>
The Appeal., 1908-06-20
SAMUEL HUSTON COLLEGE,
A CHRISTIAN SCHOOL.

Able and Experienced Faculty.
Progressive tc all departments, bess
Methods Of Instruction, Health of Stu
tents carefully looked after. Stuuenta
taught to do manual labor as well as
think. For catalogue and other .nfora,a-
ton. write to the president.
r. 8. Ecv!NGGOOD.
Austin. Texaa.
The Appeal., 1908-06-20
TuSkEGEE
Normal and Industrial Institute

: TUSKEGEE ALABAMA.
(1NcoKPoRA1ED) r.r',-.. .s.
Organized July 4, 1881, by the State Legie<
-ature as The Tuskegee State Normal School
exempt from taxation. ~
BOOKER r. WASHINGTON. Principal.
WARREN LOGAN, Treasurer.
LOCATION
In the Black Belt of Alabama where tho
blacks outnnmber the whites three TO one.
ENROLMENT AND FACULTY
Enrolment last year 1,253; males, 881:
females, 371. Average attendance. 1,l05.~,
Instructors, 89.
COURSE OF STUDY
English education combined with industrial
trairing; Is industries in constant operation.
VALUE OF PROPERTY
Property consisting of 2.2s7 acres of land.
30 buildings almost wholly built with student
labor, is valued at $350,00O. and no mortgage.
NEEDS
$50,annua11y for the education of each STU
dent; ($200 enables one to finish the course;
81 900 creates permanent scholarship. Students
pay their own board in cash and labor. J
: -oney in any amount for current expenses
md building. E.G
Besides the work done By graduates class
room and industrial leaders, thousands .--e
reached through the Tuskegee Negro Confer
ence. '-
Tuskegee is 40 miles east of Montgomery and
13o miles west of Atlanta on the Western Rail-
roa>A g. Alabama. t
Tuskegee is quiet, beautiful Old Southern
town, and is an ideal place for study. The cir
rate is at all times mild and uniform, thus
making the place an excellent winter resc"s
The Appeal., 1908-06-20

national convention became an estab-
lished political institution, with NO
laws except voluntary consent, yet as
effective in enforcing its DEGREES as
the government of any other nation
Indeed, more so, for while government
IS forever flouted, there is no case on
record in which Presidential elec-
tor ever refused to vote tor the can
didate nominated by the national con-
vention of his party.
Blind Tom Dead. .
Blind Tom," famous musical, marvel
of lnree generations of playgoers, died
Saturday in Hoboken, N. J., where he
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lie s 9 ons Eyee een rem bsus G ae
Tenns
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EuLLEEEH AMI EEHunLa

Knowles Building Hail Hona
ATLANTA UNIVER SITY. Atlanta, Ga.
enre e s Hos slss and 5
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HOWARD UNIVERSITY

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REYRuRN
President s@ . 2
FOUR YEARS MEDICINE
THREE YEARS GRADED DENTAL SURGERY
THREE YEARS GRADED COURSE PHARMACY.
AN OPTIONAL FlvEYEAR MEDICINE IS OFFERED
" y 9o'"0'o oAois oneAceneo eiin0"
. - 0 "Ao -ooi ~
forrnaton r alogue. write ..
J. =. M.
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SEMINARY

This we'll known school. established
for the higher education of girls will
open for the next term October l.
Every effort will be made to provide
for the comfort. health and thorough
instruction of students: Expense for
term Of eight months. Address.
Rev. p. J. sATTERFIELD. D. D..
Concord. N. C..
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THE APPEAL,
ANATIORAL AFRO-AMERICAN NEWSPAPER

ST. PAUL OFFICE
No. 23G Union Block, 4th & Cedar.
j. @. ADAMS. Manager
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-05
AID FOR DROWNING.
Approved Method Of Apply ing ArtI-
fetal Respiration.

Approved Method Of Applying ArtI-
fetal Respiration.
The most approved method of resus-
citation In cases Of drowning and
asphyxiation was described by Pro
fessor Edward a. Schafer of Edin'
burgh. Scotland, in a paper on artificial
respiration, read 10 the section on sur
gerry and anatomy of the American
Medical association, which met re-
Gently at Chicago. Professor Schafer
was chairman of a special committee
OF the Royal Medical and Chirurgical
society of London appointed to investi
gate the subject, and his paper was
the result of that body's inquiry.
The method is one which can be used
by one person without fatigue and
make possible resuscitation in a case
either of drowning or asphyxiation.
clay the patient fat on his face"
said Professor Schafer. This throws
the tongue forward out of the mouth,
leaving the air passages unrestricted,
and does away with the necessity for
holding the tongue. 1t also permits
the water to run from the mouth.
"Kneel beside the patient and place
the hands one on each side of the
backbone in the small Of the back,
about the line of the lowest ribs.
"Then by throwing weight forward
en- the hands a vertical pressure is
effected with little fatigue to the opera
tor.
1.-THE downward pressure should last
three seconds. This empties the lungs.
"The pressure should then be stopped
for two seconds, and the lungs will
naturally refill. This process should
be repeated twelve times minute.
Careful tests by a spirometer show
that this method gives more than the
normal amount of air to the patient,
while other methods give much less
than the amount ordinarily breathed."
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-05
GRAIN BLEACHING TOWER.

through the mass long before the sui
phur fumes are reached. Another con-
veyor at the bottom removes the puri-
fed grain.
The experience of elevator men who
have bleaching towers running up
through their elevators shows there is
little danger of fire from such a source
but the majority of insurance compa-
MES request that they be placed out
side. The bleaching tower is used for
cleaning the discolored coats of grain
and destroying germs. Oats are the
most dlscolored on arrival at the eleva-
tors, but by this treatment the grains
are turned out rich yellow. Wheat
and barley are also run through bleach
ing towers when their condition needs
II
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-05
Phonoeraphie Fire Alarms.

An ingenious combination of phono-
graph and telephone is described as
forming an effective fire alarm. In the
building to be protected telephone
transmitters provided with phono-
graphic rolls containing set of words
precisely describing the location Of the
fire are connected in the various rooms
with thermostats. When the tempera-
ture reaches a certain point the Their
mostats automatically switch the pho
nographs in front of the transmitters
and set them at work grinding out the
telltale words, which are heard over
the wire at the fire engine station, in
forming the iremen where they should
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-05
How to Clean Engine Paint.

Engine paint may be cleaned by APP
plying a solution of one gallon water,
four ounces of borax and one-half pint
Of lard oil. Stir this into a perfect
emulsion and apply a coat of 1t TO the
surface of the paint and let it remain
for a little while, then rub or clean
with rag or waste, says the English
Mechanic. Be sure to remove the com
position before it becomes dry. Add
more borax if the solution is not strong
enough.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-05
Summer Rarnstormsrs.

whats them thar actor folks doing
prowling around in the hot sum-" ask
ed the postmaster of Bacon Ridge.
''They say they want to get the lay
of the town." said the village cutup.
'Waal, they needn't to be in any
hurry about that. They'll get the lay
of the town and the country both to-
night. The boys are out buying up
every egg within four miles. "-Detroit
Tribune.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-05
Gloomy Outlook.

what are you worried about, Ras-
tusT'
"I's worried bout rain, OATS whit
rs worried bout, an l reckons rs
gwinter keep worried all summer"
"But it is almost sure to rain before
long"
"Yessuh. But when it do it's almos'
sure to be too much or not enough
Washington Star.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-05
Treatment of Doc Bites.

The immediate treatment of dog bites
or scratches Is very important These
should be squeezed and sucked and
pressed so as 10 make the blood come
freely, then should be burned TO the
very bottom with blunt, partly burnt
match soaking wet with pure carbolic
or nitric acid, 10 be followed by the
Pasteur treatment II the physician
thinks a case suspicious. DIR. A. Jen-
klna IA PhiladAlnhia Ledger.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-05
A Love Scene.

Before went away you seemed to
love me-"
"Yes?"
"And now you are different"
"You are mistaken-utterly mistak-
en-"
'Are you not differentw
"No: / am Indifferent"
But even that did not seem to salts
fy him. Some men are hard to please
Cleveland Leader.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-05
BLEACHING TOWER.

New Method of Purifying Germ Laden
and Diseolored Grain.
The latest type of grain bleaching
tower is constructed of concrete, says
Popular Mechanics, the shelves being
Of wood so that they can be removed
or renewed. Across the bridge con-
Meeting with the working elevator is a
trough containing a twelve inch screw
conveyor, by which the grain is carried
into the bleaching tower. AS it falls
over the shelves steam permeates