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The Appeal., 1909-09-18
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1S, 1909.
HURRAH FOR MATT HENSON.

Just now there are a lot of white
people who are hurrahing for DR..
Cook because they believe he is the
first white man that ever reached the
north pole, at the same time there are
lot more white people who are hur-
raining for Commodore Peary be-
cause they believe he is entitled to
that enviable distinction. AS the fact
has not yet been satisfactorily set
tied, there is still doubt in the minds
of many which one to hurrah for.
Now, nobody doubts the fact that
Peary really reached the pole; and, as
he was accompanied by Matt Henson,
an Afro-American, his constant and
faithful companion in all his polar ex-
peditions during the last seventeen
years, there can be no doubt that
Henson reached the pole, too. He,
therefore, can safely be said to be
the first and only black man that
The Appeal., 1909-09-18
TuSKEGEE
nQrnal and Industrial Ilsttitlfln
TUSKEGEE ALABAMA.
(1NcoRPoRAr1D)
Organized July 4, 1881, by the State 1,er;s
5ature as The Tusl<egee State NORMAL School
Exempt from taxation.
BOOKER Il. WASHINGTON, PRINCIPAL.
WARREN LOGAN, Treasurer.

LOCATION
In the Black Belt of Alabama where tlaa
osacks ontnumber the whites three to one.
ENROLMENT AND FACULTY
Enrolment last year 1,253; males, ss2:
FEMALES, 81: Average attendance. 1,1os.-
Instructors, 88.
COURSE OF STUDY go
:. English education combined with Industrial
ssairing; 28 industries in constant operations.
VALUE OF PROPERTY
Property consisting of 2.267 acres of land.
q 0bui1dings almost wholly bui1t with student
!abor, is valued at $3.50, ,0O0 and no mortgage.
NEEDS
$50 annually for the education of each stu.
gent; ($200 enables ore to finish the course:
$4,000 creates permanent scholarship. Students
Enay their own board in cash and 1abor.)
:-oney In any amount for current expenses
Besides the work done by graduates as class
7oom and Industrial leaders, thousands >ra
reached through the Tuskegee Negro Confer.
Tuskegee is 40 miles east of Montgomery and
Tso miles west of Atlanta, on the Western Rail-.
S,1ss g. Alabama.
SSsaskegee is quiet, beautiful old Sorl&hsr':
and is an ideal place for study. T=la e.
is at all times mild ana n-,t5or'n' ta'
wig the place an exccs5ens W::1sse1 ''s7
The Appeal., 1909-09-18

was when could catch a score O.
trout in one pool 1. know of in bout
an hour, providing that the water was
fit = .E.-.
"You don't fish now?"
mo, the farm takes up all my time
| Besides"
AS he did not finish the sentence, ]
said
"How many acres do you farm?"
| "Close on 300 That wants a bit OF
looking after. Still, there's not jol
lier life, to my thinking, nor a health.
ier."
AS he spoke an old man, shutting
with stick, came in sight. He was
dressed in shabby gray, but in spite
of his mean appearance there was
| still certain distinction about his
wrinkled, jaundice-looking face, with
| it's yellowish-white mustache and
| bushy eyebrows =. .r- ...
"Good-night, Sir Henry said the
farmer. - ..T
Goodnight" piped the squire in a
melancholy tone. ..s..s
$50 that's Sir Henry Capelin,'' ]
muttered, "the richest man, next to
the Duke of Bedford, in West Devon
That's the old fellow" chuckled my
companion. Not much to look at, is
he? Looks like some old carpenter
or barber Orwell, anything but a
| baronet and a rich man."
HE seems to me most melan.
choly man"
$50 he is-downright miserable. I'll
war'n'-yes, I'll wager all I'm worth
that I'm three times happier than he
| is, all so be that he counts his money
in thousands of pounds while I count
mine in shillings. For that's about
the difference betwixt u.s.
"Is he in bad health?"
deuce a bit! Tough as wire. No
It's all worry about his money and his
estates that makes him look like q
skeered old rat. d He can't enjoy his
life. That's his nature. Mine is Just
! the opposite of his, l never fret my
self about anything; never did, and
/ don't mes'. to begin, neither. What's
the good OF it?"
Probably you have had very little
to trouble you.''
That depends on what you cal
trouble. I've had deal of illness in
| my time, I've been ruined at farming
I've lost dear wife and two children
and now I'm afflicted with-well, ]
think I've said enough to show that
I've had trouble. Happiness, sir, de
pends on something within the con
stitution of man. What that some
thing is I can't tell you"
Il infer that you consider it weak
ness to give way to grief"
"a certain amount of sorrow was
ordained for our good" said my phil
osophic friend. .But we make troubles
for ourselves by folly, bad ways Of
living and idleness Hark! three shots
That's the shooting party to Bora
moor
Il heard no reports I said.
Il heard them as plain as I hear
your voice."
Your hearing is very keen
IT is remarkably good. Now just
tell me il you can hear the cry OF
the river to our left he said, stop
ping to listen.
The Appeal., 1909-09-18
CANNON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
ATLANTA. GEORGIA


AIMS AND METHODS.
The aim of this school is to do pcac-
teal work In helping men towards sue
cess in the ministry. Its course Of study
Is broad and practical: its ideas are hAgh
ITS work is thoro:lgh; its methods are
fresh, systematic, clear and simple.
COURSE OF STUDY
The regular course of study occuoIes
three years, and covers the lines of Vorls
IN the several departments Of Theological
instruction usually pursued in the lead
"s 'neologlcal semlnar1es of the country.
EXPENSES AND AID.
I auitlon and room rent are free. The
sIS1 aIpa1rtments for students are plainly fur
9lshed. 9nd. Good board can be had for seven
'a35iars ataat? per month. Buildings heated by
Aid from loans without interest o,a
E.its OF friends, are granted to deserv.
ing ing students who do their utmost Ia the
grace gifts. and energy. need be derived
OF the advantages now opened t. him
address o' psAi
REV. J. w. e. BOWEN, ID. ID.
Fres. Cannon Theological Seminary.
The Appeal., 1909-09-18

Some folks used to say that black
men could not endure the rigors of a
northern climate, but how about Matt
Henson, who has been with Commo-
dore Peary, the Arctic explorer, for
the past seventeen years?
The Appeal., 1909-09-18
TlLL0TS0N COLLEGE
AUSTIN. TEXAS.

AUSTIN. TEXAS.
The Oldest and Best School in Texas
for Co1ored 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., 1909-09-18

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 for the
enforcement, and without reser-
HatiOn. in. letter and spirit of
the thirteenth, fourteenth and
fifteenth amendments to the Con-
, stftutiOn. 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. H. Taft's ,
speech accepting Republication
} nomination for Presidency.
The Appeal., 1909-09-18
.BRA|NERD INSTITUTE

!, CHESTER s. G..
"A normal and industrial school With A
thorough, symmetrical and eomniets
satgg Snglsh education. and lay a solid foun
elatl aaIlon 1er SUCCESS and usefulness in every
soe"'ion o1 111e. eoard and boarding hall
The Appeal., 1909-09-18
Still Enuaued in Relief Work

----- 0e't' -@''S0SS0 stS51Ss ------
Lieutenant Commander Belknap, the
American naval attache in Berlin, is
still engaged in experimenting the re-
lief work on account of the earthquake
at Reggie, Italy, carried on by the
United States government.
The Appeal., 1909-09-18
Consi8tent,

Uncle Joe Cannon says he is only
the servant Of the house Of represent
atives." 4
We'll, he lords it over them as If
he were their cool"
The Appeal., 1909-09-18

Postmaster General Orders Inquiry
roads-$5Oo0o0 600 the Be Reduced
General Hitchcock signed
The order also increases the mu indemnity
letter
mens liability valuable
additional
private
toward making the postal
The Appeal., 1909-09-18

was when I could catch score O.
trout in one pool L know of in bout
an hour, providing that the water was
The Appeal., 1909-09-18
THE APPEAL,

ST. PAUL OFFICE
No. 236 Union Block, 4th & Cedar.
j. @. ADAMS. Manager
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-25
SUNDAY, JULY 2a 1909.

Tt is a pretty good job" The Pitts burg Post declares. that of. being an unmarried prince. Of course. it adds to the value of the sinecure if the man with a title be young. good-looking and fairly decent. Another purchase eof a prince Is recorded. and this time Mrs. James Henry Smith Is said to have bestowed on Prince Miguel Of Braganza at oleast s1.ooo.ooO. Even a regular prince can manage to strug- gle along on that sum for few years. We do not know if Mrs James Henry ls young and good looking. but it's a safe bet that a cool million looks good to the Braganza chap. And it would not be a hazardous wager that 1t will he another case of Betsy and I are out as soon as he gets through the job of spending the money. But per haps the American millions had as well go that way as any other. It is sort of charity. in a way. to keep up foreign nobility.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-25
pr Samuel .Iohnaen .

Tn September the whole English speaking world will celebrate the two hundreth anniversary of the birth of Samuel Johnson. to whom that world owes a prodigious debt of gratitude Our sectarian and sfvaeious contempo- rary, The Freeman's Journal echoes some of the Irish newspapers in sug- part in the festival at Johnson's native town. Lichheld, because of his sym pathy with the Irish Catholics. and htA defense of the religion of Rome, crafti- iy drawn from him and faithfully re- ported by Boswell. The Freemans Journal remarks that 'It might not hay been a difficult task to make a good Catholic of the great Doctor"
 But not only Catholics and students of literature will join in the great trib- bute to Samuel Johnson's memory. As "ma1estick teacher of moral and re- ltgious wisdom" a conversationalist of extraordinary range and powers. q lexicoRrapher with an astonishine knowledge of our language, and the skill and industry to make that know ledge useful to others; as a biographer who, according to his own biographer in the field "excelled all others" as a critic who was often wrong, but al- ways sincere; as, in short, "an illus trious character of various excellence.' q we must all do our duty by pr John- son. Sometimes, through no fault of his own, he was a bore. Others than Rebecca Sharp, found him and his %dx. onary" tiresome, but years have passed since quotations from the wit wisdom of Dr Johnson were of the stock in trade of every hack writer. and we can stand a great deal of Johnson this year. and a fair share of Boswell, for a change. Catholics and Protestants and freethinkers, writers of books and readers, statesmen and publicans, and all the rest of us owe much to that mighty Englishman who knew much of many things and little of nearly everything, who had a coherent opinion touching every important matter. who "sometimes employed himself in shym- istry. sometimes in watering and prun- Ing a vine." Particularly should we onor him, in an era of too much pif- fling pessimism, as a sane optimist never deluded by outward shows, but full of a wise wholesome belief in hu- manity.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-25

tss.ysss nsJ wlIi yoe teAs ne con sterns somss q Viii Viii y6n % sSsitsr mel whsn the day darksns around my wS.. SeSSi ccn % vy you yns5antss ne light, al counssi. 70 whom shall 1 Eof
 You ask me to give up my hopes for the future. I ask you 10 return. Who are are you that yes should make pro
 Who are yonf Give en aocopnt of yourself. Show me that you dsserve the confidence which is asked of me before I abandon the Divine for the human. Can you tell me thSn with certainty what will take place In this city within one short houf7 Can you tell me the contents Of a letter now on it's journey1 You ou9ht to De abls to do all this lower kind of thing. ov something equivalent to 1t. What will you give in plaos of the faith you
 I prefer to believe in the truth az son, Judgment ana safety to believe in that great Wise Teacher: To Him ture. If He Is wrong. still had rather be in His eompapy-lookinE af all His life, the beauty of His char acter, the sublimest of His disposition than elsewhere If He is right where are you? With Him I live and with Him, if need be. I would choose to die!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-25
TOWN AND CITY MAKERS.

The City of Gadsden. has recently developed a spirit. which If adhered to will make 1t one of the great cities of the country. It received a setback year or more ago because of the fi- nancial misfortune of the great South ern Steel plant located there. It was enough to depress the citizens whose hopes had run high. when their great est industry had to cease operations. and for a while there was a decided feeling of gloom ana disappointment prevailing. This did not last. however, for the people resolved to make the fullest use of the advantages they pos sessed. and there has been steady re- covery from the temporary backset.
 The Southern Steel Company has been re-organized and will soon be in full blast at aadsden. In addition to its plant at Gadsden it had anoth- CT at Ensley. where rods. nails and wire were manufactured and the princi- pal people of Gadsden resolved if pos sible to have all of the great com P"hy fhtCiSS III thnt pthcC. II tooh pluck and patriotism and perseverance to win such a fight, but success has crowned their efforts and Gadsden will be the scene of great steel and iron industry.
 How was this change brought about2 By pulling together under intelligent leadership and the putting up of an immense bonus. Gadsden's population is not one-flfth that of Montgomery, yet the immense sum of s150.000 was paid by that city to get the great rod, nail and wire mill. What could not Mont gomery do. with such spirit and pur- pose as that? Gadsden deserves to be greeted with the hearty praise of the citizens of Alabama.
 One of the great inducements in- fiuencing the owners of the property in this matter was the water supply. which is cheap and abundant. and high and scarce at Ensley Montgomery has the same induceinent to offer manufae- fnrers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-25
An Easy Tax.

|
 The idea of relieving men of their back poll tax is good politics. but 1t Is not right nor founded on any right principle. The poll tax Is q 50 year. That Ia IF 1-2c. . month. Not q man between 21 and 45. but can earn 1t any week in the year. The old are not ex- pected to pay 1t, the boys under 21 do not have to pay 1t. The Ledger would like to see every man in the State a voter. but 1t doesn't think that a man who refuses to pay that poll tax which goes to the schools, should be voter. It is not q new tax. The men of Ala bama always have paid 1t. It is not a burdensone tax.
 !. Any man can earn the money pick ing cotton to pay the tax in q week and have enough left to pay expenses. So there Is no sense in complaining of a hardship to contribute that much to schools for the privilege of voting.
 There is plenty of time to make and save the money and pay the tax. There Is no hurry about the matter and cot ton will be open in a few weeks and the farmers will welcome all pickers. The tax doesn't have to be paid till January and there Is plenty of notice, plenty of time. plenty of work. of the harder kinds, If not of the easy. There is no trouble if a man wants to be q voter next year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-25
The Science of Taxation.

New York Sun.
 For the benefit of all students of the in tricate but delightful subject of taxation. the subjoin-d paragraphs from Chicago dispatch to The New York Times are repro duced:
 James A. Patten, who is said by fellow members of the Board of Trade to have made a profit of s3eO, 900 within twenty four hours yesterday, found himself at the of the list of Evansville taxpayers today. " How much personal property ought to assess you on this year. Mir. Patten?' asked the assessor,
 "'How much was 1t last year?' asked Mir. Patten
 :" Something like s25o,OOo.' responded the assessor.
 Never mind the figures MT. Patten in terrupted. Whatever it then just dou- ble it now. Reckon that'll fix 1t about right
 Herein Is displayed with what we are con- vinced Is substantial accuracy the scientific method by which the personal tax roll Is made up. not only in Chicago, but generally throughout the nation In this manner it Is determined to what extent a mans personal property shal contribute to the support Of the government. Thus Is accomplished the apparently difficult task of dividing equta- bly the cost of maintaining order preserv- ing the peace and protecting the people. among the beneficiaries of the activities of the municipal corporations under which they live. No person can be impressed otherwise than faVorahly by the 1eliShtful simplicity of the practical application Of direct meth ods to a func ton of government with which all have t. do in way or another.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-25
Human Life in Alabama

lhneville Headlight. .i
 Human life is cheaper in Alabama than anywhere else in the world" de- ciares The Lineville Headlight. That is putting it too strongly. and is not fair to Alabama. We admit that hn- man life Is too cheap in this State, and the bare fact Is reflection on us as citizens. but we are not ready to ad- init that 1t is cheaper than anywhere in the world d.-Montgomery Advertiser,
 If our esteemed contemporary will take the time to look up the statistics, we think 1t will find that our asser- ton is correct. According to Statfs- tics officially compiled, one person In every seven thousand In Ala bama dies as against an average for the United States of one person to sevenceen thousand. In no other country on the globe Is human life so cheap as in the the statement that homicide is more frequent in Alabama than in any other State of the Union. We admit that 1t is deplorable state of affairs. but
 Human life is crying out loudly in Alabama for protection. The people are looking to the courts and juries for this protection. The deadly pistol many walking arsenals in every city. town, and village in the State.
 Then there Is too much packing and tampering with juries., The State needs jury law that will make it im- possible to pack a jury to either acauit or convict al defendant.
 Besides this the State needs more legal executions. Juries are too lax in the who deasa eam arder whea aea are indicted for murder in the first de- gree. are made to see the shadow of the galiows at every step they take, homicides will become fewer in Ala bama.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-25
COST OF GOOD ROADS.
A Fine Showing Made Fly the Pix
 Cnnntv nfAaAala

A Fine Showing Made Fly the Pike
 County Officials.
 From the 1907 report of the Director of the Official of Public Roads. U S. Department of Agriculture. we take the following:
 Pike County. Ala, is probably the best example of definite results follow ing work under this project In the fall of 1904 that county was about to issue bonds for the construction of macadam roads. The detail of an ex- pert to confer with the county officials on the subject was requested from this office and upon his advice the amount of the proposed bond issue was re- duced and the sand-clay- method was substituted for the macadam. He made a careful examination of the To- cal materials available and demon- strated the method which should be followed in the construction Of sand clay roads, and made recommendations for a county system. A recent inves- tigation In Pike County shows that there are 11S miles of improved sand clay roads, which, for all practical pur- poses, are almost equal to roads cost ing five times as much. Hard. smooth roads have replaced the deep sand roads and the total cost of the 11s miles was only S22,000.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-25
Courtesy Toward the pubI.e.

SieFetanu ftAin DeAleF.
 The head of the English post office de- partment makes a personal appeal to his myriad of subordinates to improve their manners He suggests that in their treat ment of the public courtesy and considera- ton would be merits we'll worth cultivation
 It was many years ago that an American railroad king was alleged to have adopted as his business slogan this bon Ioot: '~rhe public be blanked." Followers of his in more recent times have embodied the same thought in slightly less offensive form. But the habit is dying out.
 The people who control and support both government and private agencies for their welfare are coming into their own. They are still burdened with the various oppress- i've devices calculated to increase the prof It's of those who should minister to their well being but the side merely of the personal amenities there has been vast improvement. The president of Eastern railroad not long ago issued an order sin- liar to the one of the British postoffice de- partment. And few will doubt that the ad- monition to courtesy was paying invest ment to the company.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-25
Thus Is My 53rd Birthday
Charles Major.

Charles Major. the well known au- thor was born in Indianapolis. July 25, 1856. After completing his conn mon school educationi he studied law, and engaged In it's practice at Indian he now resides. In 1898. he published his first novel, When Knighthood Was In Flower" and its success won for the author an international reputation as a writer of fiction. In addition to 'sWhen Knighthood Was in Flower" and "A Gentle Knight of Old Branden- burg" his latest work, Mir. Major Is the author of "A Forest Hearth. !" Maid of Burgundy" and Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall." He is a frequent contributor to many of the hest maRazin0s
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-25
This Date in History
 July 25.

1722-New England declared war against the Indians. 'l750-Henry Knox, one of Washing tons generals. born in Boston; died October 25, 1S06. 1814-Americans and British engaged in sanguinary battle at Bridge water. near Niagara Falls. 1S54-The allied Pacific French and English squadron sailed from Honolulu to destroy the Russian X possessions in KamschatkA. 1S61-General Mcclellan took command of the Army of the Potomac. 1866-Lieutenant General Grant nomt- hated general.
 18S5-Sir Moses Montefiore, one of the greatest of Jewish philanthropy ists, died in England; born in Italy, October 2s. 1784. 189S-The military expedition under General Miles effected a landing
 in Porto Rico.
 1so4--A strike involving 24oQO oper- atives begun in the textile mills at Fall River,