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The Appeal., 1908-11-21
The Afro-American and the Public
Schools of the South.

TO the Colored People of the South.
Ihls IS the third time that I have
had the privilege of speaking to vou
IN this way upon what I consider the
most vital subject, outside of reli-
gion, that concerns our race. Action
Upon it cannot be delayed or omitted
without the most serious conse-
quences to this and succeeding gen
erations. I refer to the education or
our colored children in the country
districts where from 80 to 85 Der
cent, of our people live In a recent
trip through the state of MARYLAND I
was surprised to find, for example.
that there were rural communities al
! most within sight of the dome of the
Capitol of the Nation where the public
schools for our race are only open
from two to two and one,half months
during the year. "
Taking the Southern States as "a
whole, it is safe to say that the coun.
try schools are not in session ar utes-
| ent longer than four or five months
out of the twelve. When we add to
| this condition, in most cases, Door
| schoolhouses or no schOolhouses, little
apparatus and poorly paid teachers, it
| is clear that this is condition de-
manding the immediate and constant
attention of parents, ministers, teach
ers and leaders Of every description.
The facilities for public school educa.
] ton I'M the cities and larger towns
are good for the most part, but know
of counties where Afro-American
teachers are paid not more than SIS
per month, and out of this they must
board themselves. This means prac.
| tically no school, for a teacher worth
more cannot live on such a wage.
In order to impress our people with
| the truth of how far we are behind
and with what remains to be done.
let me make comparisons: Two
years ago each child in the state of
Massachusetts, had spent upon him as
! per school population, in the free pub
lie schools $26.42, while taking the
South as a whole for the same year
each Afro-American child had spent
upon him as per school population
| from SO cents to $3.50 in the different
| Southern States. At such rate, does
any one believe that we can educate
our children? Ignorance will grow
denser, and crime, lawlessness and in
| efficiency will increase Something
must be done and that speedily.
The Appeal., 1908-11-21

1t would seem that the "Peerless
One' after his recent defeat would
conclude he had enough. But such
seems not to be the case as he has
stated that should circumstances de-
mand it he would again shy his caster
into the presidential ring. He would
better get busy and produce such
circumstances as it is confidentially
asserted that Governor John A. John.
son of Minnesota still has the bee
buzzing in his bonnet and being a
younger and handsomer man Miss
Democracy may take him as her af-
finity.
The Appeal., 1908-11-21
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The Appeal., 1908-11-21

What is the remedy?x Let parents
and leaders get into close and sym.
pathetic touch with the local and
county and state officials and make
known the condition and the needs
of the children. If one effort does
not succeed, make anothes and an
| other. You, yourselves, must make
your wants known, no one can or. will
do it for you. We must in firm, con-
servative- and yet polite manner in
sist upon our proper share of the pub
lie school funds.
Parents must bear in mind that if
they get all the public school fund
that is justly due their children, this
alone will not provide for the educa-
tion of their children. Even the white
children in the South are not receiv-
ing enough money to properly educate
them from the public fund. In some
way each community must organize
effort to tax itself and keep taxing
itself until each community has a
good schoolhouse and a. school term
lasting from six to eight months in
each year, taught by qualified teach
erS. ~.
[ speak to our people now on this
SUBJECT that they may begin organiz-
ing and that they may raise money
this fall while our people have it.
Now is the time to act. Do not delay
another day. This is the season of
the year when our people are hand
ling considerable cash as a result of
the sale of their crops. This is also
the season of the year when they are
tempted to throw away thousands of
dollars I'M unwise directions. I urge
you to use some of the money this
fall that you would throw away III
providing for the proper education of
your children. We must, as a race,
learn to make sacrifices. It is better
that we go without proper clothing,
that we go hungry, live on bread
and water even if necessary, rather
than neglect the education of our
children. Let each person, teacher or
minister, who reads these words, be-
gin at once and stir the people to
action in his immediate county.
BOOKER II. WASHINGTON.
The Appeal., 1908-11-21

d And now the night-rider has invaded
Oklahoma and is warning farmers not
to sell their cotton until it reaches
10 cents per pound. The citizens have
organized Protective Associations and
propose to protect themselves. We
hope that they will give the night
riders a warm reception; which,
strange to say sometimes has the ef-
feet to cool folks off,
The Appeal., 1908-11-21
Best Work at Ejftv.

In the industrial world it has become
accepted that a man is too old at for.
ty, and the. London county council
works department decided last year
not to engage men above thirty-hve.
How is it in the intellectual world /?
Despite all the evidences of precocity,
Mr.. Dorland arrives at a conclusion
which gives an average age Of fifty
for the master work Of great men.
The Appeal., 1908-11-21
Teher1n's Water 9upnIv.

Teheran, the center of tho civil war
now raging in Persia, has within tho
last twenty years undergone tho most
rapid transformation Of all Oriental
cities. Since the old four mile wall
was taken down and the ditch filed
up to form broad boulevard, gas,
tramways and telegraphs have mod.
ernlzed the ancient birthplace of HarA
oun-al-Raschid.
To preserve the character of the
The Appeal., 1908-11-21
WHALE scAREs LIBsTERMEN.

They Put Into MarbIehead Harbor
When Big Fellow Came Near Boat.
Leaving their lobster traps, which
they were just taking in, and putting
on all the power available in their
motor boat, Horace Rhodes, Gimp
Adams and Horace Frost, lobstermen,
came into Marblehead bay very much
frightened
They had fed to escape from a
whale which, they declare, was sixty
feet long, and which spouted stream
forty feet into the air, drenching them
to the skin.
They were at Tinker's island. just
The Appeal., 1908-11-21

The Washington Post is giving
some mighty good advice to the Dem.
ocratic party, that = the solid south.
but Ephraim is joined to his idols, let
him alone, says the good book. And
another philosopher tells us that there
is no use in singing psalms to dead
horse|-:And, moreover, Andy Johnson
said it was useless to waste amuni-
tion on dead ducks. .:rr ~
The Appeal., 1908-11-21

methods. And the small operators
need this protection much more than
the octopus class. Many of the
smaller operators have been driven
to the wall by the methods of the
larger, and it is time that a. great
change in this respect should be
brought about.
The Appeal., 1908-11-21

A South Carolina editor contem-
plates sueing certain journals of mis-
state for having misled and deceived
him with false election predictions,
whereby he suffered much mental an
guish. The record does no state that
he lost any bets, but that may be
taken for granted. Senator Jones, of
The Appeal., 1908-11-21
TuSkEGEE
Normal and Industrial Ipstitutr

TUSKEGEE ALABAMA.
(1NcoRpoRAr1D)
Organized Jrlyt, 1881, by the State Legie.
5ature as The puskegee State NORMAL School
Exempt from taxation.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, PRINCIPAL.
WARREN LOGAN, Treasurer.
LOCATION
In the Black Belt of Alabama where tho
blacks outnumber the whites three to one.
ENROLMENT AND FACULTY
Enrolment last year 1883; males, ssss
Instructors, 88.
COURSE OF STUDY
English education combined With industria,
erairing; 28industries in constant operation.
VALUE OF PROPERTY.
Property consisting of 2.267 acres of land.
80 buildings almost wholly built with student
labor, is valued at $350000, and no mortgage.
NEEDS
$50 annually for the education of each stu.
dent; ($2OO enables one to finish. the course;
81 1,OO0creates permanent scholarship. Students
-oney IN any amount for current expenses
Ind building.
Besides the work done by graduates as class
room and industrial leaders, thousands >1e
reached through the Tuskegee Negro Confer
ence. ... ..
Tuskegee is 40 miles east of Montgomery and
i3o miles west of Atlanta, on the Western Rail.
IoaN 81 Alabama.
Tuskegee is quiet, beautiful Old Southern
town, and is an ideal place for study. The cir
"'aklug the place an excellent winter resc~"
The Appeal., 1908-11-21
The SWashbuckler.

The swashbuckling patriot is akin
to the religious fanatic; the one can
see only his country and the other
only his sect. And in both cases the
intellectual outlook is generally so
narrow that scarcely anything more
is revealed to the patriotic or reli-
gious fanatic than a distorted view of
material greatness or spiritual good
ness.
The Appeal., 1908-11-21

Arkansas, caused many of his parts
ans to lose their shekels and got
many good cursing in consequence,
but none of the losers ever sued him.
We think the S. G.. man has taken
the proper course. Such men as
Mack are menace to the pocket
books of the community and need
restraint
The Appeal., 1908-11-21
Emiarant Dumping.

Britain still regards the colonies
as dumping grounds for her irreclainl-
able criminals. She no longer sends
them out in convict ships, but when
she sees a. colony recklessly offering
home and sanctuary to all corners she
releases her gaol birds and covertly
packs them of to the new land.
The Appeal., 1908-11-21
interruption Resented.

$50 you're still hunting work?'
eyes, SIR" answered Plodding Pete.
Don't you know that out West they
are willing and anxious to give men
employment?"
Sure do. Dat's de reason I likes
dis territory. You can 60 on huntin'
work widout being disturbed
The Appeal., 1908-11-21
Woman to Teach in Moscow.

In spite of the fact that the vniver-
sity of Moscow does not admit woma.a
students, it is to have the first woman
professor ever appointed in Russia.
DR.. Dontchakova is the woman She
is graduate of Zurich, and is looked
upon as an authority in pathology.
The Appeal., 1908-11-21

C1uy, nOwever, cue 01u p1us TEa11 S--E
the subterranean water courses, on
which all local life depends, are still
as they were centuries ago.
The Appeal., 1908-11-21
In Leap Year.

Clara-Did you get on your knees,
Marguerite, when you proposed to
Fred last night?
Marguerite OF course not; was Oh
his knees at the time.
The Appeal., 1908-11-21

Next Thursday is the National
Thanksgiving Day and we have much
to be thankful for, just think it over
and see If our weals have not out
numbered our woes.
The Appeal., 1908-11-21
BRA|NERD INSTITUTE

= CHESTER, S. G.
A normal and industrial school with
graded course of study. designed to give
thorough, symmetrical and complete
English education. and Law a solid foun-
dation for success and usefulness in every
vocation of life. Board and boarding hall
The Appeal., 1908-11-21
CANNON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

ATLANTA, 0E0BaIA
AIMS AND METHODS.
The aim Of this school is to do p-ac.
tical work in helping men towards sue
cess in the ministry. Its course of study
is broad and practical; it's ideas are high;
its 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
nlshed. Good board can be had for seven
dollars per month. Buildings heated by
Aid from loans WITHOUT interest. and
gifts Of friends, are granted to deserv-
ing students who do their utmost in the
line Of self-help. No young man with
grace. gifts. and energy. need be deprived
of the advantages now opened to- him
IN this Seminary. For further particulars
address
REV. j. W.. e. BOWEN, ID. ID.
Pres. Cannon Theological Seminary.
The Appeal., 1908-11-21

says viii
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The Appeal., 1908-11-21

Treat each man according to
! his worth as a man. Distrust
all who would have any one
class placed before any other.
Other republics have fallen be.
! cause the INSCRIPTIONS have
substituted loyalty to class for
) loyalty to the people as whole.
President Roosevelt's speech
! at Little Rock, Ark.
The Nevada County picayune., 1908-08-20
WITH EVERY HOPE OF SUCCESS.

In his letter of acceptance MT Taft says: If l am elected president l shall urge upon congress, with every hope of success, that law be passed requiring the filing in federal office of statement of the contributions received by committees and candidates in elections for members of congress, and in such other elections as are con- stitutionally within the control Of con- gress Meantime the Republican party by the election of New York treasurer has subjected all It's receipts and expenditures to the compulsory obligation of such law.
 But why with every hope Of suc- cess?'
 Did the letter MT. Taft wrote to Senator Burrows, urging the adoption of such a law, have any ehect upon the Republican congress?
 Did the recommendation of MT. Roosevelt have any ehect upon the Republican congress-?
 The Taft letter and the RooseVeN recommendation were given to con gress while presidential election was approaching If Republican con- eress would not act under those cir cumstances with what reason does MT. Taft say that after the presidential election he would urge a measure with every hope of success?'
 The Republican party in national convention assembled voted down publicity plank by 94 yeas to $50 nays.
 Meantime let it be remembered that the publicity favored by MT. Tart IS an AFTER" election publicity. In other words. the people will be told who the financial packers or the fe- publican party are when it is too late for the people to profit by the lnior' nation.
The Nevada County picayune., 1908-08-20
LOOKED FOR OTHER TWO.
Little One Had But One Idea of Term
 Fore H anded"

Little Catherine has been boarding on farm this summer, and many Of the rural expressions are wholly un- familiar to her. One day she chanced to hear her country hostess praising the good qualities of certain thrifty neighbor.
 He really ain't got much, com pared to some folks" said the farm CTS wife, but he makes out wonder full we'll he's so fore-handed."
 That evening the man thus lauded happened to drop in, and Katherine immediately sidled up to him, with cu- rtous eyes. Slowly she revolved about the chair in which he sat, and so per sistently did she gaze at him that the farmers wife finally noticed it.
 Well Katherine" she said, you seem to find a good deal to look at in MT B-; don't you?"
 Why" replied the child, her little forehead wrinkled in perplexity. Il did want to see his two uvver hands, but I can't Is he sittin' on em?"
The Nevada County picayune., 1908-08-20
 UPHELD BY GOOD LAWYERS.

In his speech of acceptance MT. Taft referring to the suggestion that trial by jury be required in all cases oi indirect contempt, says: Never Tn the history of the country has there been such an insidious attack upon Inc judicial system as the proposal 10 interject a jury trial between all orders of the court made after full nearing and the enforcement of such orders
 But the United States senate in June. 1896. undertook to make just such provision. Senator Platt of connecticut was the only Republican 10 speak against It. John sherman of ohio, William E. Allison of Iowa, Flu gene Hale of Maine. Joseph B. Hawley u Connecticut. Justin S Morrill of Yer mont knute Nelson of Minnesota and francis F Warren of Wyoming were among the Republican senators pre- sent when this bill passed. Presum- soly they voted for 1t. There was no foii call At least they did not vote asainst il nor did they speak against it
 Tn the senate nt the time and vot- Ing Tor this measure there were-be- ades the distinguished Republicans sooVe named--such good lawyers as uaVld K. Hin of New York, Senator .iilas of Wisconsin, Senator Pugh of haoama, Senator George of Missis- s'ppl' and Wm, V. Allen of Nebraska,
 DOCS any Republican believe that 'ohh sherman William B. Allison, Flu sehe haie, Joseph B. Hawley, Justin o' Mofrill Knute Nelson, all distin- sushed Republicans, would either cast 'ue'f vote for or by their silence ac- vuiesce in "an insidious attack upon 'he judicial system?"
 F, DOCS any one believe that lawyers NAe Senators Villas, Allen, Hill, Pugh anu George would participate in "an usldlous attack upon the judicial sys-
The Nevada County picayune., 1908-08-20
FROM THE COMMONER
 MIR. BRYANS PAPER
.e TAFT AND GUARANTEED
 DEPOSITS.

[, his speech of acceptance MT. roe nuts himself squarely on record as heinz opposed to guaranteed depo- 's.s He says: The Democratic plat .arm recommends tax upon national .ants and upon such state banks as
 ., come in, in the nature of en- .orced insurance to raise guaranty h,,d to nav the depositors of any bank vSich fails. The proposal is wholly imnracticable unless it is to bs ac- .omnanied by a complete revolution :, opr banking system, with super rision so close as practically to ere ..o government bank. If the pro- ,osal were adopted exactly as the nemocratic platform suggests, it would hiring the whole banking system of the eountry down in ruin.
 Why seek to confuse the people on s simple proposition? We are sup nosed to have government supervision of national banks now. Supervision does not mean a government bank; it smply means that the national bank insnectors will do just as they are eynected to do under existing law make their examination of banks thorough and make prompt and effec- five correction of any irregularities discovered So it will be difficult to tighten the people by the claim that guaranteed deposits means thorough supervision of banks. That's just ex- aetly what the people want.
 | is absurd to say that guaranteed deposits would bring the whole bank ing system of the country down to ruin
 What does guaranteed deposits" mean? It means that the savings of the masses shall be secured so that when men and women deposit their hard-earned money in banking insti- unions they need not worry for fear t will be lost through the reckless ness and dishonesty of bank officials. The federal government demands of these banks security for the money il deposits As rule state governments and county governments and munich pal governments make similar require ments But now that il is proposed that depOsitors generally shall have some such assurance for the safe keeping of their wealth, we are told by the Republican candidate for the presidency that the adoption of such plan would bring the whole bank ing system of the country down to ruin
 Il is to save the banking business and to save the peoples money that the plan of guaranteed deposits Is advocated by Democrats. It is strange that Mir Taft and the big bankers for whom he speaks can not see that the guaranteed deposits system is ab- solutely necessary for the prevention Of panics. for the safe keeping of the money of the masses and for the pre- sevation of the banking business in The hands of individuals.
The Nevada County picayune., 1908-08-20
 NOT FOR THE INCOME TAX.

Let no one be misled on the theory .lat MT. Taft has declared for the in ,one tax. The following is from MT ,ai' s speech of acceptance: T be- "e'e that an income tax, when the mo'ecuVe system of customs and the .N'eFnal revenue tax will not furnish .ncome enough for governmental "eeus' can and should be devised" Ill other words MT. Taft is for an a.ohle tax conditionally. Whenever ne government can not secure enough ,e'enue through system of taxing en according to what the eat and var then he would be in favor of
 ns =, them according to their income.
 That's aui
The Nevada County picayune., 1908-08-20
BABY CRIED AND SCRATCHED
All the Time-Covered with Tortur. Ing Eczema-Doctor Said Sores Would Last for Years-Per-
 feet Cure by Cuticura.

My baby niece was suffering from that terrible torture, eczema. It was all over her body but the worst was on her face and hands. She cried and scratched all the time and could not sleep night or day from the scratch ing I had her under the doctors care for year and a half and he seemed to do her no good. I took her to the best doctor in the city and he said that she would have the soTes until she was six years old. But If l had depended on the doctor my baby would have lost her mind and died from the want of aid. But 1 used Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment and she was cured in three months. Alice L. Dowell, 4769 Easton Ave, St Louis, Mo, May and 20. 1907."
The Nevada County picayune., 1908-08-20
ENDORSEMENT

Tn his speech of acceptance MT. Taft says: With respect to the eiec' t,on of senators by the people, per sonallv I am inclined to favor it, but # is hardly a party question
 What is it if it is not party ques- tionq It is public question and uory messing one The Democratic marty declared in favor of it. The Re pnhlican party is silent on it. And the hest that the Republican candidate convinced since the convention of the nonularity of the plank-can do. is to say personally, l am inclined to ,avor it." His remarks clearly indi cate that he does not attach imposs .ance to the proposed reform.