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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-12-25
A GREAT VICTORY.

The Afro-Americans of Mississippi
administered a handsome rebuke to
Vardaman, the mongrel who was once
governor of the state, and whose first
official act was to veto the bill for the
normal school for colored youth at
Holly Springs, thereby closing the in
stitution.
Led by Bishop Cottrell, they went
to work and established the best
equipped institution for colored youth
in the entire South in that very same
town of Holly Springs and shortly had
an attendance of 5000 students.
So the result of the old reprobate
tc injure the Afro-American popula-
ton of the state was that they now
have an excellent plant, managed by
themselves, entirely free from debt
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-12-25
"FAITHFULNESS AND DEVO-
TOM"

The Charleston News and Courier
says:
''The Negro women of the present
day. are entirely too frivolous to do
anything we'll. They do not care. Old
house servants are few and far be-
tween. The modern servant does not
stay in one place for long period.
She gets tired and quits, or she wish
es' a month or two to rest, or some
thing happens. She has no stability,
and she is daily proving that the old
characteristics of the race-faithful-
ness and devotion-are passing away.
No people in the world save the
Southern people would endure the
worthlessness of these Negro women"
THE APPEAL would remark that
the NEGRO women of the present
day. are working for money and not
i,pcn the "faithfulness and devotion''
theory. They wish to be paid enough
for their labor to live comfortably, but
they are almost invariably forced to
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-12-25
CONTRARY TO THE SPIRIT OF
JESUS.

THE APPEAL very rarely comedies
with the religious teachings of Prof.
Mcster of Chicago University, but
fails to see that he is at all wrong in
the following:
There simply has got to be more
truth and more life in our churches
or the really religious people them
selves will repudiate the churches.
Mems eyes are at last open and they
see how much that is false, dead, un-
true in churchdom, how much of cur
rent christendom is contrary to the
spirit OF Jesus. Living religion of liv-
ing men will endure it no longer"
The fact is we'll known that for a
man to participate in lynching, or
in the white slave traffic or in de-
frauding the government, does not in
terfere in the slightest degree with
his church relationships.
It is equally true that were an Afro
American to simply enter into many
OF the churches and take a seat, the
act would be resented by the member.
ship as a most unwarranted intrusion
and even the poor white man would be
a most unwelcome visitor at many of
them.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-12-25
All WHITE Women Pardoned.

Alleging that he does not believe
penitentiaries were intended for wom
en-, Gov. Campbell of Texas has de-
cided to pardon Mrs. Agnes Goode
sentenced for Is years in the peni.
tertiary for killing her husband.
When Mrs. Goode is released the
last white woman in the Texas peni-
tentiaries will have been give her
freedom. Five others have been par
doned recently.
There are few Afro-American
women in the Texas penitentiaries
but the fact that the governor has
not pardoned them proves he is inse-
cere
Texas is a state in which Afro
Americans are ruthlessly robbed of
their rights and it is a common thing
to read accounts of the burning of a
BLACK human being at the stake by
WHITE fiends, who dance around in
savage glee, so it is not strange that
race lines are drawn by the governor
of so lawless commonwealth, in
dealing with criminals.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-12-25
MRS. ATHERToN IN CHICAGO.

Chicago Journalists are somewhat
worked up because Mrs. Gertrude
Atherton, after a seven days sojourn
in the city, could discover no love for
art Or beautiful things. What could
any one learn of Chicago in seven
days? But Mrs. Anterior seems to
think that in that time she could
learn all that was worth knowing, and
wrote lot of offensive nonsense
about a city of which she knew moth
ing. That is, however, her usual rule.
She has written lot of tommyrot
about the Afro-Americans race of
people she has always endeavored to
injure and misrepresent in her writ
ings. '."
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-12-25
1.-THE GRAND OLD COMMON
WEALTH."

The governor of Virginia is boast
ing largely of the fact that his state
last year expended nearly quarter
OF a million for good roads; a fact
which is simply an evidence that the
old Dominion is woefully behind the
times. For instance, Maryland, for
the same period expended, or provid-
ed for expending the respectable sum
Of 100000, or more than twenty
times as much, and her roads were
incomparably better than those of Vir-
ginia. -~ g..
Any sensible man can readily see
that the miserable condition of Vir-
, ginia roads would prevent intelligent
farmers from having any desire to To-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-12-25

officers in forcing confessions or ca
jolling damaging admissions from
prisoners who are yet to be indicted
and tried. This practice has become
a gross abuse
! Especially is this true in the case
of "outrages" on females in the South
and consequent lynchings. Whenever
we hear of lynching down South we
are also told Of a confession by the
victim. It is almost needless to say
that the confessions are nearly al
ways forced and really amount to
nothing. The practice is too gross an
abuse to be longer tolerated.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-12-25

Several prominent Jews lave ap-
peared before the immigration Com
mission for the purpose of protesting
against the use Of the word "He-
brew in the. reports Of that body.
They claim that the title is a mis-
nomer., However the title is by no
means so ridiculous as the use of the
word ''Negro" to describe a class of
people who are very far from being
Negroes in the real sense of the word.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-12-25

Rabbi Simon proposes to boycott all
plays in which the Jew is caricatured
and thus made the performing of such
plays unremunerative. His fight is
against the box Office and is based
upon the correct principle. In time
the Afro-American may do the same
thing, but at present he seems to take
a special delight in performances
which burlesque him.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-12-25

THE APPEAL places no confidence
in the rumor that Senator Tillman's
staying out of the limelight is due to
an attack of hookworm. There isn't
a hookWorm in Dixie that would dare
to tackle the man with the pitchfork.
The big bugs have so arranged mat
tiers that the testimony in divorce
cases is now sealed up and not re.
vealed to the public. The law per.
mits this out of respect for the 'high
social standing'' of certain persons
when publication would endanger pub.
lie morals. Are not the courts be.
coming little too complaisant?
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-12-25

labor for a mere pittance, scarcely
enough to keep breath in their bodies.
Again, the best Afro-Americans re.
fuse to allow their daughters to 60
out to domestic service, as it exposes
them to the advances of dissipated
young and old white men and often
results in their degradation.
The NEGRO woman of the present
day. very often has a good home OF
her own to which she can return
rather than work for nothing, and she
does not stay at one place if she is
mistreated.
And, even among her own race, the
white folks kitchen girl'' usually be-
longs to the lowest stratum of So
ciety.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-12-25
SATURDAY, DECEMBER %. 1909.
INCONSISTENT AMERICANS.

IiSSOSoiS EN- AW nISANS.
A number of eminent Americans re-
Gently cabled the Russian premier be-
speaking "a fair trial, open and pub
lie, in accordance with the time-hon-
ored principles of justice in all ma
tons for two distinguished Russian
prisoners on the eve of being brought
to bar in that country on political
charges.
Commenting on the foregoing, the
Evening Star suggests that the Rus
sian premier might reply as follows:
Gentlemen: I have the honor to
acknowledge the receipt of your cable
expressing solicitude for two Russian
prisoners soon to go on trial on po-
litical charges. You ask that the pro-
ceedings be conducted in accordance
with the time-honored principles of
justice in all nations Scarcely had I
finished reading your favor than I
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-12-25
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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-12-25

cate in such a section of the country.
The South is, however, so wrapped up
IN its old traditions and so unprogres-
sive that Gabriel's trumpet would
scarcely avail to arouse the sleepy cit
liens from their somnolent condition
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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-12-25
CANNON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
ATLANTA, GEORGIA

AIMS AND METHODS
The aim Of this school is to do prac.
teal work in helping men towards sue
cess e prd in the ministry It's course Of study
its work is thorough; it's methods ara
fresh, systematic, clear and simple
r,o COURSE OF STUDY.
;, The regular course of study ocfun,es
three years, and covers the lines Of Woris
IN tne several departments of theological
Ing theological seminaries of the comfy
EXPENSES AND AID
tuition and room rent are free. The
atpahrtInents for students are plainly fur
9 1lS3l Good board can be had for seven
atta,aTs per month. Buildings heated by
A1d from loans without interest and
Fills Ene s+ OF friends. are granted to deserV.
ing Ing STUDENTS who do their utmost in the
grace: gifts. and energy. need be derriv veg
in IN this Inc sady;antages now opened t. him
address 'noi pdruculars
REV. ]. w. e. BOWEN, u. n.
w. Fres. Cannon Theological Seminary,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-12-25

Secretary Wilson does not look for
meat prices to decrease very soon,
which is an opinion likely to spoil
Christmas for great many people.
Christmas turkeys have about become
obsolete for the average family, but
many cherished hopes that they could
indulge in some kind of meat.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-12-25

THE APPEAL hopes that the death
OF King Leopold, of Belgium, will
make change in the awful condition
of things which have existed in the
Congo Free State. There can be no
doubt of the fact that that unfortu-
nate country was hell upon earth.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-12-25

Gov. Deneen's action in refusing to
.reinstate the sheriff who failed to pre-
vent the Cairo lynching deserved
great commentator. Cairo, Spring
field and Danville have almost brought
Illinois down to the level Of Texas.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-12-25

Gov. Haskell has been lambasted
from soda to hook, from string beans
to hel! splits, and We'll swear it be-
gins to look like he was about the
cleanest of the bunch" says the Ok
lahoma Times.
That's not saying much for the gov
ernor when you remember what kind
of a "bunch'' it is.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-12-25
FORCED CONFESSIONS.

the Washington Post says:
Another of the laws invasions of
the rights of the citizen and an infa-
sions Of the rights of the citizen and
an Infamous perversion of justice is
the latitude which is allowed peace
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-12-25

and ENJOYING a great degree of pros
perity.
The foregoing statements are facts
but for some unaccountable reason
the great victory of the Afro-Ameri-
cans over the old governor has at
tracted but little attention.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-12-25
TILL0TS0N COLLEGE;

AUSTIN. TEXAS.
The Oldest and Best School in Texas
for Colored Students. Faculty mostly
graduates Of well known colleges in the
north. Reputa ton unsurpassed. Manua
training a part of the regular course.
Music a special feature of the school.
Special advantages for earnest students
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-12-25

The Republican platform,
!, adopted at Chicago, explicitly de-
, mands justice for all men with
, out regard to race or color, and
, just as explicitly declares tor the
, enforcement, and without reser-
, walton. in letter and spirit of
, the thirteenth, fourteenth and
fifteenth amendments to the Con-
stitutiOn. is needless to state
that I stand with my party
squarely ON that plank In the
, platform, and believe that equal
justice to all men and the fair
and impartial enforcement of
} these amendments are in keeping
, with the real American spirit of
, fair play.-HOn. VIM. ii. Taft's
} speech accepting Republication
} nomination for Presidency.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-12-25
BRA|NERD INSTITUTE

CHESTER, S. G.
,x. "A = normal and industrial school with a
graded course of study, DESIGNED to eive
a thorough, symmetrical and comnlete
d Engash eo education. and lay solid foun-
vocation Of life. Board and board in eh hsI
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-12-25
SAMUEL HUSTON COLLEGE.
A CHRISTIAN SCHOOL.

Able and Experienced Faculty,
Progressive in all departments, best
Methods Of Instruction, Health of Stud
ents carefully looked after. Students
taught to do manual labor as We'll
as think. For catalogue and other in
formation, write to the president
II. S. LOVINGGOOD,
Austin, Texas.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-12-25

LOCATION
In the Black Belt of Alabama where tho
b!acks outnu1nber tue whites three to one.
ENROLMENT AND FACULTY
Enrolment last year 1883; males, ss2;
tales, 81: Average attendance a,1o5.-
Instructors, 88.
COURSE OF STUDY
English education combined with industrial.
.sairiug; Is industries in constant operation.
VALUE OF PROPERTY
Property consisting of 2.267 acres of land.
% buildings almost wholly built with student
,aoor, is valued at $350,00O and no mortgage.
NEEDS
$50 annually for the education of each stu.
cent; ($200 enables ore to finish the course;
1900 creates permanent scholarship. Students
pay their own board in cash and labor.
.-oney in any amount for current expenses
I'D building. 81
Besides the work done by graduates as class
Dom and Industrial leaders, thousands GO
cached through the Tuskegee Negro Confer
ence.
Daskegee is 40 miles east of Montgomery sni
20 miles west of Atlanta, on the Western s::*s:
s;sS g. Alabama.
i.:.s1kegee is quiet, beautiful old Sct:s:'>. 4
W, and is an ideal place for st1a'.T. ''"I. p
y is at all times mild s-fsrs %'cttf'?::; '"'
Wig the place "A exS2slGus <EE...-.*:' -.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-12-25

Dor issues His Annual Report.
Declaring that, Notwithstanding the
great activities in every branch of the
department, the appropriations during
the last four years for the entire de.
partment have been increased only
SO per cent, the report adds: eff the
appropriations are to be held at the
present figures, it will become neces-
sary to make a dollar to go farther
than it has"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-12-25

Secretary Of Commerce and La
The need of a new departmental
building adequate to the requirements
OF its many bureaus and it's wide and
varied interests; the abolition of all
salaries below $500 a year, and the
provision of retirement fund for
faithful but superanuated clerks, are
some of the striking features of Sec
rotary Nagel's annual report on the
Department of Commerce and Labor
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-12-25
THE APPEAL.
AnATIONAl AFRO-AMERICAN NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
PANS BROS. EDITORS AND PUBLISHERS,
40 e. 4th St., St. Paul, linn.

ST. PAUL OFFICE
No. 1886 Union Block, 18th & Cedar
J. @. ADAMS. Manager
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-11-18
OF SPECIAL INTEREST TO WOMEN READERS OF THE STAR
TELL ME A STORY"
G A T II Z RING
c X A NJ b E r r lie s

II was on a bright. crisp morning
about the middle OF October that
Phil Harner aud his father walked
down 20 the dock and stepped into
the old dory To make their way
down the coast Of Cape Cod 10 tho
vast swamps where crnnbcrrica
grow.
While his father rowed Phil was
Interested In watching the beautiful
gnlia elfcllng about and sometimes
awooplng down toward the water
He haw a large fibhhawk. or Amerl.
can osprey, awoOp down almost Ia
front OF their boat. capture a good.
sized fiah In his talona. and make
OF toward his nest on the shore.
After a time they came to the
cranberry patch that was almost
Ike swamp. for the bushes grew
IN the damp rand which at some
times Of the year Was flooded with
water Amer Tying the d0ry they
took their baskets and set ont TO
gather the round red berries.
DO YOU know. Phil. said his
father. that Cape Cod OF Manna.
chueetta and Ocean and Atlantic
counties ~ New jersey supply more
than one half Of ali the cranbcrrics
soldg
Some Of these very berries
growing here are 10 be packed in
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-11-18
MAINLY ABOUT
WOMEN
Tn. Engagement Ring.

No romantic girl--and what girl IL
not romantic s--consi8eTa herself an.
gagged until ~the ring has been
placed on the third finger of her lef,
hand by the man who has asked her
% be his wife. Sha not only looks
upon u a. the emblem and seal Of
her promise 10 him. but also Of his
eternal love and devotion 20 her.
There - feeling ~ uncertainty
and doubt unconscious " rnay be.
until she " I'm possession - thmf
symbol. but when she can look AZ
u. and feel II. and kiss u. all the
doubt vanisheH. and wonderful
sense 81 security comes over her
III he had not loved mo better thar
anyone else In all the world. he
could not have given this TO me-
she tells herself
There are some men who cannot
understand this sentiment in their
swesthearts. They think that n
girl a. assured that a man loves her
BY hls actions. hts words and his
gifts. she VIII never worry about an
engagement ring In fact. might pre-
fer 70 be without one. 90 that she
may still have her fun out of iife
without being branded a. IAN en-
gagged girl" and therefore. Of no
more interest 20 other men.
Men who think like that were
never more mistaken. Where can
one find a nice girl who IL not proud
70 be recognized a. hound" II It Is
TO the man ahe i0vesf
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-11-18
Do WOMEN MARRY FOR LOVE?
HERE'S MAN SAYS HE WILL

but am poor aud no one viii have
me besides am deaf
4 am willing to marry any sens,
lble. good woman who believes ia
God. am "a years old. my chssar.
ter IL good. no woman would ever
have cause 10 b. ashamed Of me
And can hear we'll enough 10 I'M
desstand what people are talking
about
Il have advertised three times for
a wife. but only got three answers.
and none Of these answered a sec
ond time So ! DARE any woman to
marry me.
III. w FRY.
1910 Washington a.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-11-18
Never Forget H.

Girls. this ~ for you Never for
get for a single inEtant a. long ar
you live that the men folks" are
continually on the firing line In this
battle Of life You little dream what
blows they get and what wounds
they carry Never nag man.
Never whine ~ him. or course he
doesn't wipe his feet nor hang up
his clothes. nor put things away nor
shut doors and drawers. Dear me,
you didn't think you were marrying
an "old maid did your Nag &
Whine - the firm that runs the d.
v0ree mills. SO. girls. be good 10 Us
when we come IN doors There IL
only fight with hard knocks for
as out In the world.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-11-18
CONTEST.
0ER TODAY
=, in Star Contest All
y Overwhelmed by
~, Of Toothsome Lists
Thanksgiving Dinner
r.1..--Will Announce
Winners Tomorrow.

=. ears successful ThanAskiN
" 49, Nenm contest is 81 an
n NON among the hundreds
- ana appstising menus
49, IL jadges are busy Sc
-. ~ shree which. from All
s'.l..s most asarly Oh ne -
.'.sss.s Some OF The more
.',..s,s ones have not been con
s. I pAst The Star wanted
''. /. ,sr,ber d good. wholesome
y .s.~sssng nseaus from which
I. -, 49,, could choose. aud per
n. sac nme IDEAS iof their
!. rrssnasxlsing dinners.
II, n. uawss II the thrce winners
n. esnsesl wnl b. announced
! nnerruws star.
=, rrsss. wlnning menus Viii Dc
....-a and IN addition a number
I a. Is Shom prizes could not
& ryrr slll slse b. printed from
~ II ssy
4 ~ announcement uf the pfizvs
|.s.ssa 4 Boz ii the ALEXANDRA was
4 ~ bssn TIE first prize owlng,
1870 d tie faet that the Al.
80 .keatrc xill be DARK next
- a. nrs, prlse win be a boz
A 4. noors theatre FOE aay ulshi
49, Tsznsssiving night. The
|rrssd wssa sll b. a box a. me
S.sst ia TIE third prize four
.s.1s 4 IL 0spheam for any night
- vees except Thauksgiving