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EDUCATION IN THE SOUTH.

Commenting on education in the
South, an exchange remarks:
"But it. is coming to be more gen.
orally recognized that the old scho-
lastic training is fitted for only the
few, either white or black, and more
practical methods are bound to pre-
vail in the future.
We conceive the foregoing to be
based on an entire misconception o1
the actual condition of things educa
tional. The statistics of all the pub
lie schools of the country show thai
of the pupils who enter those schools
about twenty per cent fall out every
year, so that if 100 pupils enter the
first year it will be a grand success
if the school can graduate six or eight
of them, That does not look as if we
were being overloaded with higher
education. ,
If the 'old scholastic training is fit
ted for only the few it certainly is
only the few who are getting it, il
the government statistics are reliable
But, again, there is a great demand
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to the image, cried with awe-struck


to the Image, cried with awe-struck
eyes, He has eaten it, sir! His
mouths all sugary!" .sss3S
You've eaten it, you little rascal" !"
said the priest in rage.
Il? No, sir. never ate it,
"You did" said the priest angrily,
and, raising his hand to strike his pu-
pill, he accidentally struck the arm Of
the bronze image, which rang out
'KWan" (word for mot eaten").
"There!" exclaimed the priest, 81
knew you were telling lies! He says
he has not eaten the cake"
'sBut he forgets, sir! He is mis-
taken! The sugar on his mouth shows
his falsehood' #
What, Buddha tell lies! We'l1 cure
him of it. if he does! Well see!" and
the priest strode out into the temple
garden, where stood a great iron pot
used for heating large quantities of
water, and, building a fire under it,
soon had the water in it boiling. Into
this he popped poor Buddha, who in.
stantly began to boil, making a sound
like 'Kuta-kuta" (word for .'have
eaten").
There!" cried the boy triumphant.
ly, he confesses under torture! He
says he has eaten the cake.''
This priest seems to have been un.
fortunate in his pupils, for, discharg
ing the former kozo as too clever fol
an old man like himself, he obtained
a likely lad, but who, alas, was vic
tim to the same love of sweets as his
predecessor. Finding that his master
was not disposed to give him any OF
the coveted sweets, he set his brains
to work to get some by fair means
or foul.
/ One day a kind neighbor sent in
some choice cakes, which the old
priest, profiting by former experience
Immediately took charge of and put in
a locked closet. Il lock these cakes
up," he explained to his observant
young neophyte, "that you may not
get them by mistake, for they are poi.
son and it would kill you to eat them -
That night, though, when the priest
was asleep, Kozo found the key and
placed it where he could easily find it
in the morning. The priest went out
early next day and Kozo ran joyfully
to the closet, which he unlocked and
ate up the cakes with great relish.
Then he took fine cup, of which the
priest was very fond, and broke it on
the doorstep. When the priest re-
turned he fOund the how woanino hit
terly over the fragments.
what has happened, Kozo?" asked
the astonished priest <4.s$r
'Oh, sir" replied the boy through
his sobs, II broke your treasured cup
and--I did not want to live any
longer-so- remembered the poi.
sonous cakes you told me about yes,
terday, and so ate them-but- boo.
hoo-here I'm alive yeti"
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER II, 1909.
SElF-ELEVATION.

The New York Times claims that
Negroes are lacking in capacity for
self-elevation, and cites Hayti, Libe-
ria and the Southern black belts as
illustrations of the correctness of it's
opinion.
Now, we do not know that there is
really any such thing in existence as
self-elevation-the wisest man has
been made such by the cooperation of
thousands of other people as well as
by other things, but the South affords
thousands of instances of Afro -Ameri-
cans who have risen very greatly
above the general level of the black
belts.
The Afro-American has become the
owner of a vast amount of property
in the South. He owns farms, dwell
ings, books, pianos. automobiles; he
conducts banks, insurance companies
aaG r.ewspapers; he practices law,
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HERE is NEW OBESITY CURE.
Woman Frequents Shooting Gallery
in Order That the Fright May
Reduce Her Weight. . ..

You didn't know was running a
kind of anti-fat establishment, did
you?" said the manager of the shoot.
ing gallery to a former customer
whom he had not seen for several
months. well, l am, in connection,
of course, with my regular business,
I have good many women patrons
nowadays. Most of them give fear OF
burglars as their reason for wishing
to learn to shoot, but one woman who
yearned for target practice scorned
the suggestion of burglars.
"'The doctor tells me- she said
that the only way I can ever train
down to normal weight is to gel
scared half to death three or four
times week. What" said he, "are
you more afraid of than anything else
in the world?" I didn't have to study
one minute for, an answer "The
explosion of firearms" said I. "Then,
said the doctor, "go to some place regu
larly where you can hear a whole
arsenal fired off at one clip. If you
can fire the things off yourself you
will experience better results. You
will get scared worse and will tone
down more rapidly" And so,' said
she, here am
Il thought that the craziest idea
ever heard of, but I, ,humored the WON
ans whim and helped her to gel
scared to the limit. I hadn't much
faith in that doctors prescription, but
she did soon begin to develop waist
line, and within three months that
woman was a regular sylph. Unfor.
tunately, the constant excitement was
hard on her nerves. BY the time she
began to assume willowy proportions
they were In a pretty bad fix, and she
had to lay up for repairs, but she
didn't seem to mind that. The point
of her case was that as an anti-fat
treatment daily exercise with the rife
had proved itself unequaled, and
now have notion to advertise it as
a warranted obesity cure"
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"What Did You Do with This Cake ?"De.
rnanded the PreIate, SternIy.

felt the temptation was too strong for
him, and as no one was near to pre-
vent him, he ate all without stopping
to think of the consequences. After
the deed was done, however, he began
to anticipate the displeasure of his
master, to whom cake was so dear.
Kozo, therefore (sly fellow, took the
empty box to the shrine of Buddha,
and laying it respectfully before him,
took little of the sugar that was left
in the bottom of the box and smeared
it over the idols mouth, retiring with
pleased expression. .
Soon afterwards the Yukubukai
Bozu returned, and after Kozo had
helped him off with his clogs and had
fetched him his pipe and cup of tea
he inquired whether anyone had
called? +.
"No-o-oh, yes, sir" said Kozo, "the
priests of the neighboring temple have
sent your honor some cakes in honor
Of the day"
"Ah,' said the priest with interest,
''and where is the cake?"
put it before the shrine of Bud
dha, SIR and the priest trotted off,
thinking of the treat in store for him,
What was his surprise, however, to
find the box empty and the divinity's
mouth all smeared over with sugar.
"Kozo!" he shouted, and from the
depths of his own room came family
the reply, Yes, sir"
"What did you do with this cake? ?''
demanded the prelate sternly when
the boy presented himself with an air
of perfect innocence.
II laid the; box in front of my lord
Buddha's shrine, sir, as it is our Gus
tom always to do first
"Well. it is not here now," replied
the priest.
cob, yes, sir, it must be there and
lifting the box lid, Kozo started back
with an exclamation, and, looking up
The Appeal., 1909-09-11
JURY RIGHTS OF RACE.

Mr.. Wilford Smith, of $50 Nassau
street, New York, who had charge of
the cases mentioned below, has is
sued and circulated statement, a
portion of which we quote, as fol-
lows:
''"To the Colored People of the South:
"The Supreme Court of the United
States has decided in the recent
cause of Rogers vs.. Alabama, and
Carter VS.. Texas, that the exclusion
of qualified Negroes from jury service
and grand and potit jurfes on ACCOUNT
of their race and color is a denial to
Negroes on trial, in courts where such
exclusion is allowed the equal protec~
tion of the law; and the trial and
conviction of a Negro under such cir
cumstances will be set aside and an
|nullled, as being in violation of the
18th amendment of the Constitution
of the United States. The same is
discrimination is allowed, will be set
aside on appeal or writ of error to
the Supreme Court of the United
States. Mr.. Smith advises the race
that: You should avail yourselves OF
the benefit of these decisions by
moving to quash all indictments and
panels of petit juries in civil and
criminal cases in courts where compe-
tent members of your race are ex,
cluded from jury service -
THE APPEAL calls attention to
the above important matter, hoping
, that some intelligent member of the
race will test the matter upon the
first suitable opportunity that arises.
This is no contention for social equal
ity, but for manhood rights which we
cannot neglect with safety to the lib
critics of ourselves and children.
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for competent persons in almost every
department of business, which can
not be filled. Thousands aspire to
positions and and fail to secure them,
because they have not had the old
scholastic training in the art of spell
ing. From nearly every state comes
an cutlery for competent teachers.
Thousands of pulpits are filled by
preachers. who are failures, because
they lack the old scholastic training.
We need great revival of the old
scholastic training in the three RS.
The Appeal., 1909-09-11
Starved in Midst Of plenty.


A curious story is told in London
by a correspondent who
recently discovered in an old bureau
letter sent by relative in Australia
many, many years ago. 1t was written.
by a squatter in the bush, was much
faded, and grains Of the sand which
had been used to dry the letter still
adhered to it. The missive breathed
disconsolance. Times were bad, there
was too much drought, and too much
sand; the writer saw no prospect of
good times. Annoyed at the illegible
passages the reader called in the SER
vices of a chemist friend, who sue
ceeded in restoring them. But the
chemicals which were applied to the
paper had curious effect on the
grains of sand. Il revealed many of
them as grains of gold.
The Appeal., 1909-09-11
woJap Kozos
Copyright. by j. B. Lippincott Co

OS.I
The Buddhist priest in Japan often
takes the place of the droll Irishman
with us, andIis made the butt of
many witticisps and practical jokes.
+ wherever one travels in Japan he
hears any number of such tales from
the less religious among the people.
The priests do not generally live to.
gether in monasteries, like the monks
of the Middle Ages, but they live with
their families lin the temples or else
alone with a servant or pupil usually
known by the name of Kozo.
An old priest who was called (be.
hind his back of course) Yokubukai
.Bozu, or the Greedy Priest" on &C.
count OF his well-known taste for the
good things of this world, lived alone
with a small boy who waited on him.
expecting incidentally to learn some
thing of priestcraft himself, and be.
come priest too some day. But this
particular kozo was far from having
priestly qualifications, as this tale will
show. Like all boys, Kozo had fail.
ing for sweets, but as his master was
similarly disposed, the boy had very
little chance OF indulging his tastes in
this direction.
One day, however, as luck would
have it. a boxful of very delicious
cakes was sent to the old priest dur.
ing his absence by the inmates of a
neighboring temple. AS it was a
Buddhist festival; a great deal OF
pains had been expended to make the
cakes as attractive as possible, and
as kozo raised the box lid and looked
at the tempting dainty with it's invit-
ing covering Of powdered sugar, he
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TO Fit the Occasion

"Augusta," " said Mr.. Wyss when the
quarrel was at its height, you have
devised great variety of ways to
call me fool"
Merely a matter of necessity" err
piled Mrs. .Wyss. You have devised
SO many ways of being one. STRAY
Stories
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CANNON THEOLOGICAL: SEMINARY
ATLANTA. GEORGIA

.,..- AIMS AND METHODS.
The aim Of this school Is to do prac-
t1cal work In helping men towards sue
cess e. IS in the ministry. Its course of study
Is broad and practical; it's ideas are high:
its work is thorough: its methods ara
fresh, systematic, clear and simple.
- COURSE OF STUDY. -.-.
=. The regular course of study occupies
three years, and covers the lines of work
IN IN the several departments of theological
instruction usually pursued in the lead
ing theological semfnaries Of the country
EXPENSES AND AID.
tuition and room rent are free. TIE
apartments for students are plainly fur
aiShed: aSin Good board can be had for seven
steam. 'ou ny
aid from loans without interest. and
gl1ts OF friends, are granted to deserv.
Ing Ing students who do their utmost in the
GRACE, gifts. and energy. need be deprived
oI me advantages now opened tc. him
address - AAeA pai i''coiars
REV. J. w. e. BOWEN, ID. d.
Pres Cannon Theological Seminary
Nh Il ELl a[!| B8 82ax1URHNG
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if You Want to Be Liked.

Always be ready to make an effort
to fall in with other peoples wishes,
even if they strike you as rather tire
some. The very fact that a change
some one wishes for seems tiresome
is often an indication that we are in
q groove and don't want to be both
cred to move out of it. Always be
ready to make sure, when the decision
rests with you, that, that is not what
makes you decide that "it can't be
e."-Home Chat.
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His Public Spirit.

"Sir, wish to shake your hand.
what for?"
I'm recognition of the great sacri-
flee you are making for the future OF
your native city,
'sYou must have the wrong man;
have just completed arrangements to
move away from the city"
Eyes, sir; that's what had refer.
ence to-
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TlLL0TS0N C0II,EGE;

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 special feature OF the SCHOOL.
Special advantages for earnest students
The Appeal., 1909-09-11
Life as We Please.

It is as we please; life may be an
ugly and noisome and squalid strug-
gle-an affair of raging mob, going
this way and that, hungering and
thirsting, and Staying and trampling,
without end or purpose; or else it
may become cosmic, splendid and
ordered pageant, in which the gray
is as necessary as the scarlet, and
gold leads to the celestial azure.
Arthur Machen in London T. P.'s
Weekly. +
The Appeal., 1909-09-11
TuSkEGEE .
HQlnal and Industrial lnstfitiln
TUSKEGEE ALABAMA y
(1NceRpoRArED) ::~
!. Organized Julya, 1881, by the State t,epis.
1ature AZ. The Tuskegee State Normal Sckool
Exempt from taxation. -,
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, Principal,
WARREN LOGAN; Treasurer.

.Gt, ~; LOCATION ~~..@ #s
= In the Black Belt of Alabama where tha
o1acks outnumber the whites three to one.
ENROLMENT AND FACULTY
Enrolment last year 1883; males, ss2:
semales, 81: Average attendance. l,1os.-
~ ssp 81 ooURoE or F4oTUD,r+,-se- -
. English education combined with industria.
2Eaicing; u industries in constant operation.
VALUE OF PROPERTY
Property consisting of 2.267 acres of land,
buildings almost wholly built with student
.abor, is valued at $35o,000, and no mortgage.
NEEDS
$50 annually for the education of each stu.
Ssnt; ($200 enables ore to finish the course;
.A,0O0crestes permanent scholarship. Students
63ay their own board in cash and labor J
.-oney in any amount for current expenses
.1.d building. 8. -.0-I.. =. ! =.
Besides the work done by graduates as class
E:oom and Industrial leaders, thousands >r.
!sached through the Tuskegee Negro Confer.
suce. Hi :-~ = - y,
2 Haskegee is 40 miles east of Montgomery anf;
~ miles west of Atlanta. on the Western E:a!a;.
s,s! 81 Alabama. --.. -
;sIskegee is quiet, beautiful old s3c.:::.a'f-;
,and is an ideal place for .strc!F. :''s4.:
Tx is at all times mild. .rd ss:l'It:s'-.,. ~
sag the place an exccsleus v,;Ss:: ~ <-'
The Appeal., 1909-09-11

The Republican platform.
adopted Mt Chicago, explicitly de-
mnnds 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
} sGuarely 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. HI. Taft,s
, speech accepting Republication
} nomination for Presidency.
The Appeal., 1909-09-11

Cheaper Than Panama.
The actual cost Of the Suez canal
was 100000. 900
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BRAINERD INSTITUTE

VHEISTE1Re 3. @.
e,:a "A ne normal and Industrial school with a
graded course Of study. designed to give
tnorough, symmetrical and compIete
5atggd Enggisn education. and lay solid foun-
vocation of life. Board and boardine halj
The Appeal., 1909-09-11
THE APPEAL,
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The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-22
MASKED BANDIT
HOLDS UP CREW
OF TROLLEY GAR
AT Pistol Point Bold Highways
man Gets Sl4 from
Conductor.
M0TORMAN is TOO
FRIGHTENED TO HELP
Women Witness Daring Robbery
on Orange and Passaic
Valley Line.

A lone robber, wearing a black mask,
which covered all of his face with the
exception of his eyes. held up the crew
of trolley car 2100 of the Orange and
Passaic Valley line, consisting of Eu-
gene KirlShuff. conductor, of Is Wat
son avenue. West Orange, and James
Toomey. motorman. of POS Washington
street, Orange, at the Bay avenue term
mus of the line in Bloomfield shortly
before midnight last night
The bandit poked the muzzle of the
weapon into the face of Kirkhuff while
With his other hand he extracted from
the conductors coat pocket niclzels,
dimes and quarters amounting to about
S14. While this was going on the
huff and. it is said. didn't offer to assist
him.
Both men admitted that they were
scared. George A. Jamison of f4S
Washington street, Bloomfield, was the
only passenger on the car at the time.
ne icdDtu OIL anu Tdceu uOWn bTOdu
street to look for a policeman He had
reached James street. over half mile
away before he met Policeman John
Blum on his bicycle. He explained the
matter as quickly as he could and
Blum rode to the scene on his bicycle.
In the meantime the robber had dis
appeared through Bay avenue toward
Nutley number of women who were
coming down the hill from Glen Ridge
to take the car witnessed part of tho
affair, which took place under the glare
of an arc light and they ran back
again
The conductor had just shifted his
trolley pole and was talking to this
motorman, when the man made his APP
pearance. He spoke with foreign
accent.
Kirkhun and Toomey say they
thought at first he was joking and ex-
pected to see him tear the mask from
his face.
which is the conductor" he de-
manded.
Cant you read?" answered the con-
ductor.
stop your nonsense" came the re-
ply, land you get busy and hand out
your money, for it is no loss to you.
Quick now or I'll blow your head off.
Kirkhuff was too frightened to move.
so the man helped himself to the
money.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-22
FRENCH TO ABROGATE
AGREEMENTS ON OCT. 81.

WASHINGTON, Sept 22.-The stats
department has received from Consul
General Mason at Paris the text OF the
announcement by the French govern
ment of the abrogation of the several
commercial agreements with the United
States by the action of President Taft
in conformity with the provisions OF
our new tariff act.
Under and in consequence of these
conditions" the French announcement
says, there is reason to decide that
the DEGREES dated July Z. 1898; May g.
1893, and February 21, 1908. which con.
stitute the measures of the applica-
ton of the Franco American agreement
for merchandise produced in the United
States and the island of Porto Rico.
snail cease to be. enforced on October
81, 1909" On that date the articles pro-
duced in the United States and export
ed to France will pay what is known In
France as its general tariff, but which
in effect are its maximum rates of iuty.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-22
TOO MUCH MOTHER-IN-LAW
FOR BRIDE OF FOURTEEN.
Won't Let Husband Come to See
Her, She SAYS.

Ruby Thompson, IA years old, of 102
Prince street. appeared in the Fourth
Precinct Court today and told Judge
Herr that she wanted to make a COM
plant against her husband, Andrew
Warden, of 10 Hartford street. After
the Judge learned the girls age he
asked.
How old is your husband?"
Nineteen" replied the girl.
How long have you been married?"
About year. was the reply.
What is the trouble between you
and your husband? ?" queried the
court
"Why, his mother won't let him come
tc see me-
'And where do you liver
with my mother. in Prince street"
Judge Herr told her to see the Over
seer of the Poor, and that he would
take care of her,