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The Appeal., 1909-11-06
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The Appeal., 1909-11-06

In the results Of the elections held
last Tuesday THE APPEAL has much
to regret and also much to be happy
over, but the greatest amount of sat-
isfaction is derived from the fact that
the people Of Maryland turned down
the proposed amendment to the con-
stitution of the state that would have
disfranchised the AfrO-American citi-
zens of the state. We agree with a
daily contemporary that: 'The result
of that contest was of more impor-
tance and significance than the VIC
tory or defeat of any candidate or any
party in any state'
The Appeal., 1909-11-06
JUST TEMPORARILY.

Inere were ominous signs of a
brewing storm in .le midnight sleeper.
Look here!" thundered the man
IN the lower berth. - want you to
stop that snoring up there; do you
hear?"
What's that?" mumbled the humor-
Gus tat man in the upper bert:. What
am doing?"
why, you are creating a disturb
arce by snoring like an elephant. If
you can't be gentleman everywhere,
w" must be one while you are up
there understands"
l2e rat man chuckled softly
1,a, | see the point now"
What point?'
why, you want me to be a gentle
man by birth"
Ane the next moment he lodged an
umbrella, two suitcases and six shoes.
The Appeal., 1909-11-06

town Of Holly Springs and shortly had
an attendance of 5000 Students
So the result of the old reprobate
tc iniure the Afro-American popula-
ton of the state was that they now
have an excellent plant, managed by
themselves, entirely free from debt
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.
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a GREAT VICTORY,

The Afro-Americans of Mississipri
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
The Appeal., 1909-11-06
CANNON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
AIMS AND METHODS


AIMS AND METHODS.
The aim Of this school is to do prac-
tlcal work in helping men towards sue
cess in the ministry. Its course of study
IS broad and practi cal; it's ideas are high;
It's work is thorough; its methods ara
1resh, systematic, clear and simple
COURSE OF STUDY.
Ihe regular course Of study ocCupIes
three years, and covers the lines of work
in the several departments of theologica1
INSTRUCTION usually pursued in the lead
Ins 'Aeologlcal semlnarles of -he country.
EXPENSES AND AID.
du1tlon and room rent are free. The
apartments for students are plainly fur
nlShed. Good board can be had for seven
a9nars atae.1c per month. Buildings heated by
Aid from loans without interest and
g,tts & of friends, are granted to deserv-
t1ls trs IS stuoents who do their utmost in the
grace. gifts. and energy. need be derived
OF OF +t the advantages now opened tc. him
address pol '-cuiars
REV. J. w. e. BOWEN, d. d.
Fres. Cannon Theological Seminary,
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Discouraqinq."

Nell (sentimentally)- wonder if
there is anything in a presentiment-
why the chance of marrying a rich
haunt me so?
Bell (cynically)-Perhaps because
it is the ghost of chance.
The Appeal., 1909-11-06
Romance Under Difficulties.

Romance Under Difficulties.
The modern Romeo was furious.
WHAT'S the trouble, old man" asked
the friend.
why, confound those aeroplanes," :"
ne growled, almost slipping from the
rope ladder II mistoGx the headlight
OF one of them for the moon and
s"ore oy 1t. Now Juliet has given me
the laugh"
And the discouraged suitor went
around to the aerodrome to register
a complaint. -~
The Appeal., 1909-11-06
No Hints

Mrs. Comeup hates the least sug-
gestlon of the time when she had to
90 her own work. She got very angry
with society reporter the other day,
and what do you suppose it was for?"
What was it?'
He spoke of the ease with which
she swept into the room"
The Appeal., 1909-11-06
The Natural Result,

"Our dressmaker is an unusually
good woman. She is perfect ex-
ample"
"That's on account of her business" :"
"On account of her business! What
are you talking about?"
"A dressmaker has to lead a pat
tern life"
The Appeal., 1909-11-06
The Modern Wav.

will your daughter and her hus
pand live with you when they return
from their wedding journey?"
I'm not quite sure about it. From
the way Sadie talked, it seems likely
that she and her husband will at once
take possession of our home and let
US live with them as long as they can
find it convenient"
The Appeal., 1909-11-06
Playing, Safe.

His Wife-Shal] we invite DR.. Old.
ham to our daughters wedding?
Her Husband-I should sav not!
You know how absent-minded he is.
His Wife-Yes; but what of that?
Her Husband-Why, it would be
just like him to charge it on his bill.
The Appeal., 1909-11-06
Assim:Iated.

THAT man couldn't interpret a sin.
gle passage of the constitution
"Yet you naturalized him, judge"
We'll, he was away up on batting
averages: I guess he'll make good
American
The Appeal., 1909-11-06

Our Southern brethren do not seem
to realize the fact that every move
they make to down the Afro-American
results in one of two things: either to
incite the sufferer to do more for fim-
self or to raise him up friends in the
North and even in the South.
The Appeal., 1909-11-06
Easily Obtained.

Fromlnent Politician with massive
dlgnlty)-Sir, I am creditably in
formed that you have an article in
type making certain charges against
me. Can you furnish proofs of your
assertions?
Editor (easily)-Sure, Mike! I'll
send the boy upstairs and get as
many proofs as you would like to
have.
The Appeal., 1909-11-06
Not Quite Fulfilled.

bill and Tom said they were go.
ing to have a rousing time in the
country
oh. they've got a rousing time all
right. Have to get up at six O'Clock
every morning. -
The Appeal., 1909-11-06
TILL0TS0N COLLEGE;
AUSTIN. TEXAS,

AUSTIN. TEXAS.
The Oldest and Best School in Texas
for Colored Students. Faculty mostly
graduates of well known colleges in the
north. Reputation unsurpassed. Manua
training part of the regular course.
Music a special feature Of the school.
Special advantages for earnest students
The Appeal., 1909-11-06
Great Success

Gunner-I've invented an QUITO horn,
Let me get you interested in it.
Guyer-What kind of a horn is it.?
Gunner-Oh, one that people will
jump at
The Appeal., 1909-11-06
AdNerse Fate

''Just my hard luck,'' moaned the
tramp.
For he had been offered nothing tc
quench his thirst but soft drinks.
The Appeal., 1909-11-06
A ConueniaI Qccupation.

1T is a wonder that Sparks widow
didn't take up his business when he
died. It's a sort that comes natural
to a woman"
"What was it?'
HE was matchmaker"
The Appeal., 1909-11-06

He (gravely)-I have a question to
ask you, Miss Hawkins.
She-Oh, Harry! This is SO sudden.
But if dear papa has no objections
and you don't mind rather long en-
gagement-
(And Harry was about to ask her il
she believed in votes for women!)-
Illustrated Bits.
The Appeal., 1909-11-06
Poor M an!

Kind Lady-And your partner of
the ties drank piano polish in mis-
take for cough syrup? How did it all
end?
Sandy Pixies (wiping his eyes)-He
had fine finish, mum, fine finish.
The Appeal., 1909-11-06
AVERY. COLLEGE.
TRADES SCHOOL

AI-HkQHENY. PA.
Practical, Literary and Industrial
Trades School for Afro american Boys
and Girls. Unusual advantages for Girls
and a separate building. Address.
Joseph D. Mahoney, Principal.
Allegheny, Pa.
The Appeal., 1909-11-06

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 1 stand with my party
squnrely 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 l1eeping
with the real American spirit of ,
fair play.-HOn. VIM. H. Taft's ,
speech accepting Republication .
nomination for Presidency.
The Appeal., 1909-11-06
One way.

"But what can you do with man
who is always telling you his opinion
of fimseif?'
We'll, if he bothered me I would
tell him my opinion of him, and I
guess that would hold him for awhile.
The Appeal., 1909-11-06
Not So Easy.

Blinks-Some one told me that
Coyner was we'll to do
Jinks-Wel, isn't he? 4
Blinks-I should say not | couldn't
do him.
The Appeal., 1909-11-06
All in the Family,

"You know the artist we met last
summer, who boasted so of his family
connections? Were any of his pic
lures hung?"
+ mo, but his grandfather was"
The Appeal., 1909-11-06
OF Course.

Il don't like to call by previous en-
gagement.'
Don't care for the formal call, eh?'
mo; it's more fun to drop in on a
friend and find him quarreiing With
his wife
The Appeal., 1909-11-06
TuSkEGEE
FORMAL and Industrial Ilsfiit|j7ijI1;
TUSKEGEE ALABAMA.
(1NcoRPoRArED)
ORGANIZED July 4, 1881, by the State 1ee:s.
1sture as The Tusltegee State NORMAL S;ctSoi
Exempt from taxation.
BOOKER r. WASHINGTON, Principas,
WARREN LOGANs Treasurer.

LOCATION
In the Black Belt of Alabama where tks
4?acks ortnumber the whites three to one.
ENROLMENT AND FACULTY
Enrolment last year 1888; males, $685.
semales, 371. Average attendance. 1,105.-~
Instructors, 88.
-.-. ... COURSE OF STUDY ,..-
English education com bined With industrial.
Ssa;c;ng; % industries in constant operation.
VALUE OF PROPERTY
Property consisting of 2.267 acres of land.
. buildings almost wholly built with student
.ator, is valued at $3.50, 600, and no mortgage.
NEEDS
$50 annually for the education of each stu.
;:sat; (S2O0 enables ore to finish the course;
y 600 creates permanent scholarship. Students
I l::y their own board in cash and 1abor.s
.-oney in any amount for current expenses
I'D building.
Besides the work done by graduates as class
com and Industrial leaders, thousands >-1
cached through the Tuskegee Negro Confer
Gaskegee is 10 miles east of Montgomery ast;
- miles west of Atlanta. on the Western k1:.-
-sN Alabama.
,;;:,skegee is quiet, beautiful o:t -:
II, and is an ideal place for st1!:'. = 80
Ss is at all times n1ild .fs@i .',;'':'~.' .
Tlg the place &c exC2!xGrss T:::.:.">
The Appeal., 1909-11-06
GOOD Jokes
KEPT HIS WORD.

She will not let
Him go tonight
And sit in a game!
Is it right?
The last time he
Went out to play
He promised as
He went away
He'd come in early, .
And the bird
That gets the worm
OF which you've heard
Saw him come in;
1t was no kid;
But she is mad
Because he did
The Appeal., 1909-11-06
BRA|NERD INSTITUTE.

CHESTER, S. G.
"A normal and Industrial school with
graded course of study. designed to give
E thorough, symmetrical and complete
Engllsh education. and lay a solid foun-
elan! aa1lon Tor SUCCESS and usefulness in every
vocation OF life. Board and boarding hall
The Appeal., 1909-11-06

"Adelaide Emmeline, will you be-
some my wife,"
Are you in a position, Clarence, to
Keep wife with four dolls and
dolls carriage?"
The Appeal., 1909-11-06
SAMUEL HUSTON COLLEGE.
A CHRISTIAN SCHOOL.

Able and Experfenced Faculty
Progressive in all departments, best
Methods of Instruction, Health of Stud
ents carefully looked after Students
taught to do manual labor as well
as think. For catalogue and other in
formation, write to the president
II. S. LOVINGGOOD,
Austin, Texas.
The Appeal., 1909-11-06
Alas, Aiack!

on, woman, lovely woman,
Your equals not in town
When you start to run up bills.
Or run your neighbGrs down.
The Appeal., 1909-11-06

The Author Ito the leading lady,
Excuse me, but last night you. played
the third act first. I don't think any
one noticed it, but it shows a lack of
system, eh, what?
The Appeal., 1909-11-06

Proof Positive.
She wonders if I love her!
I dine, without regrets,
On gratis lunch, to buy a bunch
Of pesky violets.
The Appeal., 1909-11-06
Horrible,

II think he is trying to make me
angry SO that I will break our en-
gagement."
"What has caused you to think
that?"
He tells everybody that | am the
inspiration of the poems he writes"
The Appeal., 1909-11-06
Puttinq His Foot in

PUTTING His Foot in 1t.
"People shouldn't worry about fool.
ish things
"They shouldn't" I
"Oh-er-I wasn't thinking about
your wife when I spoke
The Appeal., 1909-11-06
SEMINARY

CONCORD, N. G.
This we'll known school, established
Tor the higher education Of girls will
open for the next term October /.
Every effort will be made to provide
TOR the comfort, health and thorough
instruction INST of students, Expense for
term of eight months. Address,
Rev. D. J. Satterield, d. D.,
Concord, n C.
The Appeal., 1909-11-06
Observation-Disclosures

Fourteen teachers. Elegant and COM
modlous buildings. Climate unsur-
paeaSu: Depaftments: College Pre-
;paratory Normal, English, Music.
Shorthand, Typewriting and Industrial
FIFTT DOLLARS IN ADVANCE
will pay for board, room, light. fuel.
tuition and incidentals for the entire
ySear: ySear Board $500 per month; tuition
$s.oo per term. Thorough work done
to the president.
Rev. Judson S. Hill. ID. d.,
Morristown, Tenn.
The Appeal., 1909-11-06
Had to Do It.

E. RAD TO 10 &c. =
THAT clerk of yours watches the
clock good DEAL
| Perfectly excusable in his case.
, He's a commuter"
The Appeal., 1909-11-06

Limited Supply.
If explorers keep searching
Up there, I'll be bound,
There won't be sufficient
North poles to go round.
The Appeal., 1909-11-06
The Natural Affinity.

t1 don't see how a policeman can
fail to get on the trail of anything or
anybody"
why necessarily
Because we always associate a
"copper" with scent
The Appeal., 1909-11-06
The Real Flight.

We'll, did the man you backed to
build a new airship, make you fy?"
s'No, but my money did,
The Appeal., 1909-11-06

mo Results. n
"HOw was that automobile race?"
''Flat failure. Not man in the
entry was killed.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-02-27

so bad i'm it: that by Mr.. Sims linen.
toned above) advice he poisoned it
that IL took on squares. then bios.
SONS. and that he made four bales
on the five acres, and that he had
some cotton on high. dry SANDY
front river lan,i. not poisoned. ON
which h. did not make enough Ia
try To pick. MIR. Sims confirms the
above.
! swore before the Crop Pest Com.
mission with uplifted hand, hat off.
that l had made ON both my Star
Point and Willow Grove plantations.
TN cotton well poisoned a bale per
acre. against like or better looking
cotton not poisoned making one
tenth to one-fourth bale per acre.
Mai. Fred Step. of Alexandria, and
many other gentlemen from Louisi-
ana and Mississippi, saw this cotton
and testified To the above facts. |
could bill a volume with These testi-
lnonials, and in the face of these facts
the bats and the owls are taking orr
country. When the Boil Weevil Con
ventIoi. which met in Shreveport in
January. 1905. and turned me down.
Ton Lordy!). PUT on file with ". f.
Glissell. OF Shreveport. a prediction
OF what has happened! | now pre-
dict. Ill less than five years, that un-
der Marston's plan to fight the boil
weevil the people will care 10 more
cor 1t than the northern people do
Tor. the potato bug. nor than the
southern cotton planter does for the
caterpillar, which taught them how
to destroy in 1871. And don't Won
forget IL. AS | was writing this my
mail brings me the following:
Washington. Jan. 6.-Discourav-
ing reports concerning the efforts to
stamp out the boil weeril in the cot
ton growing regions of the Missis-
sippi delta WAS made to the House
Committee ON Agriculture to-day by
DIR. O. l.. Howard. of the bureau of
entomology in the department of
agriculture. He said that owing TO
the climatic conditions there. the in
sect multiplies with such rapt.ity
that the methods of eradication
which had proven u success in Texas
had not been successful in he delta"
Goodbye katie!v knew il was
coming. Dir. Howard. DR.. Hunter
and the Crop Pest Commission of
Louisiana have dogged me all over
Texas and Louisia3a
Now go 70 work and poison your
cotton and whip the weevil and cot
ton will come into its own again.
As soon as get money enough /
will put il mp and insure the work.
Yours truly. Ii. W. MARsToN,
East Poiut. La.
L. S--A man who goes mp against
the boil weevil. without beiuy pre-
pared To fight il. needs guardian.
With a rainy spring and summer and
lew ants. cultural methods is a fail
ure. Ar,lis K Co. are my agents in
shreveport. La. MARsTON.
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MdrStOn'S Boil W66V1| Destroyer
Directions for Spraying Cotton With the POlsOnT6StI-
mOn1aIS From Prominent PldnterS--60StS
$1,000 at Retail.

surrounding country been as wei
poisoned there would ha We been none
left. L made one bale per acre on
this cotton in several places. against
e-tenth TO One-fourth bale on AZ
good or better looking COTTON ad
jacent not poisoned. Ask questions
by mail ii undecided or bothered. in.
closing stamp for reply.
POISONING THE wEEvIL ON LARGE
SCALE.
Ii is best To mix in "a barrel. using
x pound of the mixture to each gal
Ion of water. and have a man on the
the wagon in the field with some ex-
ira pumps to keep them filled and
CREASED. so as not to lose any time
ana he can keep up on the turning
row with the hands JUDGED in poi
soning "A plantation it is best TO put
every hand on the place in one squad
10 see that they do their work right.
and keep their pumps well ''shook
up all the time and see that they
don't skip any cotton. Some Of
them get careless and allow the feed
pipe to CHOKE up when il will not
work. Forpwarned is forearIned.
If every cotton planter i'm the Soutl n
will use tliis remedy and us. it right.
the boil weevil can he and will bc
conquered, just as the potato hug
and cotton caterpiIler have been
practically externlinalted.
TESTIMONIALS
Mr.. j. NJ. Purcell. of Lockhart.
Texas, poisoned four acres OF cotton
in the center of a 20-tcre field. all
conditions being alike Uherwise. and
picked 700 pounds OF cotton off the
four acres poisoned and did not get
a boil of the balance of the field (16
acres not poisoned.
ID. N. Sims. of East Point, La poi
soned One-half of a cut of cotton i'm
low black stiff land and picked BOG
pounds per acre off the side poi
soned before he got a boil off the side
not poisoned. He made \ bale per
acre On the side poisoned and only z
on the side not poisoned. He swore
to these facts before the Crop Pest
Commission of Louisiana. and there
Is not a better man in Louisiana
than ID. n. Sims.
John Crichton. of Crichton. La.
testified that after ex hausstive expert
ments. that he would poison next
year If he could get the poison.
Jack Fullilove, Shreveport, La.
testified that he would not plant
cotton If he could not get the poison
To poison it.
John Story. Westdale.s La. testi-
fled that poisoning did AL the good"
and gave numerous instances To
prove il under oath before the Crop
Pest Commission.
Andrew Luke. East Point. La,
testified that he had five acres of cot
ton,n low. black. stiff land, which
did not show a form up 10 the time
it was knee high, the weevil being
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SHERIFF. SALE
SHERIFF SALE.
Thirteenth judicial District Court
Parish of Grant. State of
Louisiana.

LOUISIANA.
j. II. McNeely VS.. S. Il. wilkins.
No. 2.317.
BY virtue of a writ of seizure and
sale issued out of the honorable Thir-
teenth Judicial District Court and To
me directed in the above numbered
and entitled snit. | have seized and
will offer for sale between the hours
prescribed 10y law for judicial sales.
at the principal front door of the
court house in Colfax. La. on
SATURDAY. Feb. 20. 1909.
the following described property
seized AZ the property of the defend
ant in the above numbered and en-
Titled suit to-wit:
Forty acres OF land ing on the
east side of lots four and five of see
ton twenty-five. tow nship six. north
range three west. said forty acres so
lying as to include a house occupied
10y :. II. wilkins ON the date of the
sale of this property to him by J: n.
McNeely. said lots four and five being
bounded ON the north by Bynum KS
tate. ON the south 10y Bayou Toreau.
on the east by Bayou Darro. and on
The west by lands of Citizens Bank.
ana being situated in Grant parish.
Louisiana, together with all i'm
prOyements thereon.
Terms OF sale-Cash. subject to APP
praiseInent, the property to bring
not less than two-thirds of the APP
praiseuient.
This 18th day of Jan. 1909.
A. Il. PERKINS,
Sheriff of Grant Parish, La.