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The Appeal., 1910-01-01
CONTRARY TO THE SPIRIT OF
'. JESUS.

THE APPEAL very rarely comedies
with the religious teachings of Prof.
Moster 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 christendc1n 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 seat, the
act would be resented by the member
ship as most unwarranted intrusion
and even the poor white man would be
a most unwelcome visitor at many of
them.
The Appeal., 1910-01-01

speaking "a fair trial. open and pub
lie, IN accordance with the time-hon-
ored principles of justice in ALMA
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 DO
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
was informed that a human being in
one Of the oldest states of your Union
Georgia, l think, is the name-had
but the day before been burned at the
stake in public by a mob of infuriated
citizens. Are you citizens of that
commonwealth? Or, if not, have you
any influence with the authorities
there? In either case may I respect
fully ask you to exert yourselves in
behalf of law and order in Georgia? {?
Civilization, like charity, begins at
home. Our conditions in Russia have
been disturbed for some time, but we
have been trying to improve them In
America you have enjoyed over a hun
dred years of popular rule Your body
polite is thoroughly organized. You
have courts, and officers to enforce
their writs. What, therefore, explains
such horror as comes to me from
your shores? We have some severe
forms of punishment in Russia, but
nothing approaching torture and death
by fire at the stake, and I beg Of you,
in the name of justice and humanity
to bring your country in this matter
within the pale of civilization!''
The Appeal., 1910-01-01


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
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 a lynching down South we
are also told Of a confession by the
victim. 1t 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.
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The Appeal., 1910-01-01

es 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
'1pcn the s'faithfulness and Devotion
theory. They wish to be paid enough
for their labor to live comfortably, but
they are almost invariably forced to
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 20
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
seiety.
The Appeal., 1910-01-01
LYNCH LAW NEVER JUSTIFIA-
'378

We have constantly contended that
lynchings are never justifable, and
our contention is frequently sustained
by the facts that subsequently come
to light when the victim of the mob's
thirst for blood is beyond rescue. And
we are not alone in our position in
regard to lynching. Referring to a.
recent lynching, the Rochester Dem
ocrat and Chronicle has this to say:
BURNED FOR sELF-DEFENsE.
1T appears now that John Howard
the Negro who was burned at the
stake in Georgia few days ago for
shooting white man whose automo-
bile frightened his mules, was not the
murderer the mob took him to be.
Booth, the white merchant who was
shot, first drew his weapon and fired
at Howard, who then returned the fire.
Both were shot, but the Negro sue
ceeded in getting away, while Booth
had to be taken to the hospital. The
mob, however, did not stop to investi-
gate, but proceeded to inflict a horri-
bic fate upon the Negro who, evident
ly, acted in self-defense That is the
inevitable result of lynch law. Under
its operations justice is impossible,
While the law is defled and barbarism
substituted for civilization. There is
no reason to suppose that the guilty
murderers of that Georgia horror will
ever be brought to justice"
Lynch law must go!
The Appeal., 1910-01-01
A HAPPY NEW YEAR.

With this issue of THE APPEAL
we begin a new year and also the lat
ter half of the twenty-fifth year of the
life of THE APPEAL. We are CRATE
full to God that by His divine provi-
dence both the paper and ourself
have been permitted to live and pros
per as We have, and, if it be His will,
We will! be pleased to continue busi-
ness at the old stand for an indefinite
period. We are thankful to patrons
of the paper for their patronage, both
advertisers and subscribers, as they
furnish the filthy lucre which is neces-
sary fer our existence. We hope we
have pleased both advertisers and
subscribers so well that their patron
age will continue and that the New
Year may bring to them continuance
OF prosperity and happiness. We wish
all a Happy New Year!
The Appeal., 1910-01-01
THE UNITED STATES NOT SU.
PERIOR.

All true patriotic Americans are, of
course, impressed with the idea that
things Of all kinds are so vastly SUI
perior tc those of the same kind which
exist in other parts of the world that
they will be surprised to learn that
an intelligent citizen of Boston who
just returned from a tour Of Europe
found that in some respects the idea
is by no means correct The gentle
man in question visited an European
city about the size of Boston and had
the curiosity to wish to see the slums
of the city. He relates as follows:
There were no streets swarming, as
in large American cities, with children
who had no other place to stay. The
streets on which these homes we're
located We're as clean as in the most
prosperous parts of the city, and that
means cleaner than any part of Bos-
ton. The same was true of the back
yards and alleyways and places that
here would be dirt holes.
In the United States, every city,
without exception, is cursed with
slums and the slums run the city. Ger
tain parts of the city are given over
to filth and vice. The red light dis
tricts of Chicago are known through
out the civilized world. Americans
have not yet learned the art of run
ming their cities on the European
plan.
The Appeal., 1910-01-01

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., 1910-01-01
"FAITHFULNESS AND DEVO-
TlON,"

The Charleston News and Courier
says:
I. s"The Negro women of the present
day are entirely too frivolous to do
well. They do not care. Old
house servants are few and far be-
tween. The modern servant does not
stay in one place for a long period.
She gets tired and quits, or she wish
The Appeal., 1910-01-01

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
ters 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?
Several DrOminant laws ;,auo on
The Appeal., 1910-01-01

Gov. Deneen's action in refusing to
reinstate the sheriff who failed to pre-
vent the Cairo 1ynching deserved
great commendation. Cairo, Spring
field and Danville have almost brought
Illinois down to the level Of Texas.
The Appeal., 1910-01-01
CANNON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
ATLANTA, GEORGIA

AIMS AND METHODS.
!. The aim Of this school is to do prac-
tlcal work in helping men towards sue
cess &c @@ in the ministry. It's course of study
Is Is broad and practical; its ideas are high;
ITS work us thorough; it's methods are
fresh, systematic, clear and simple.
COURSE OF STUDY.
+hIan Inc regular course Of study occupies
tnree years, and covers the lines of WORT
IN tne several departments Of Theological
ing theological seminaries of The countrv
EXPENSES AND AID.
.na au1t1on ut,, and room rent are free. The
aish aiPdhrtments for students are plainly fur.
anS5n alShed: Good board can be had for seven
etta.ars etas per month. Buildings heated bv
afAl Ald from loans without interest, and
E1tes ~ &C OF friends, are granted to deserv.
ing students who do their utmost in the
grace; f g. gifts: and energy. need be DERIVED m I
~ ~ +tie tHe cadvantages now opened t. him
address o1 particularly
REV. J. w. E. BOWEN, u. y.
.-,,,- Pres. Cannon Theological Seminary,
The Appeal., 1910-01-01

With
OF the Postofce Department
OF previous periods the financial
selfsupportng
gle the
the big deficit the former operations of
s640OOOO0 and the latter Of ~
give idea as to the size the postal
empoye These employees
pieces OF mail The
so14 There 2e52 domestic aggregng
S delivery
S907031
the
OF 1909
n Of cent
The Appeal., 1910-01-01

THE APPEAL hopes that the death
of King Leopold, of Belgium, will
make a 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., 1910-01-01

Gov Haskell has been lambasted
from soda to hook, from string beans
to hell 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
erncr when you remember what kind
of ''hunch" it is.
The Appeal., 1910-01-01
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 a part of the regular course.
Music a special feature OF the school.
Special advantages for earnest students
The Appeal., 1910-01-01
INSTITUTE
CHESTER, S. G..

CHESTER, S. C.
A, normal and Industrial school with 4
sfaued course of study. designed to give
thorough symmetrical and eemplete
5I!h 5EnIg!llsh education. and lay solid foun-
uaelon t,anu Tor success and usefulness in everv
VOCATION OF lie. Board and boarding hall
The Appeal., 1910-01-01

The Republican platform,
adopted at Chicago, explicitly de-
lnands justice for all men with
out regard to race or color, and
just as explicitly declares tor the
enforcement, and without reser-
NatiOn. 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 renl American spirit Of :
fair play.-HOn. VIM. III. Taft's !
speech accepting Republication :
nomination for Presidency.
The Appeal., 1910-01-01
INCONSISTENT AMERICANS.

A number of eminent Americans re-
Gently cabled the Russian premier be-
The Appeal., 1910-01-01
.TuSkEGEE
1@nal and Industrial hsttdln
TUSKEGEE ALABAMA.

1ssu1S dS, l nc QSkcSee SCate NORMAL School
Exempt from taxation.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, Principal,
WARREN LoGANs Treasurer.
LOCATION
In the Black Belt of Alabama where the
b,acks outuumber the whites three to one.
ENROLMENT AND FACULTY
Enrolment last year 1888; males, ss2:
senales, 371: Average attendance. a,105-
Instructors, SO.
COURSE OF STUDY
English education combined with industrial.
2<airing; % Industries in constant operation.
VALUE OF PROPERTY
Property consisting of 2.267 acres of land.
g buildings almost wholly built with student
.aoor, is valued at $3.50, 900, and no mortgage.
NEEDS
$50 annually for the education of each stu.
rsnt; >($20O enables ore to finish the course;
1900 creates permanent scholarship. Students
pay their own board in cash and 1abor.l
'.-oney in any amount for current expenses
lad building.
Besides the work done by graduates as class
Dom and industrial leaders, thousands Are
:sached through the Tuskegee Negro Confer.
eace 80. t~zssi.- .-..-.a- - q. .,.
:naskegee is 40 miles east of Montgomery and
30 miles west of Atlanta. on the Western Es.s'
s':.y 9. Alabama.
;;:.skegee is quiet, beautiful o!d S:''1@F''>';
Ma, and is an ideal place for st16y. :'.Ii =. 1:
is at all times mild atsd 81. +F'":' - .,
41g the place al exS2sseESs TAA""- -. -.
The Appeal., 1910-01-01

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
3.2 ner 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., 1910-01-01

Retrenchment is the keynote in the
estimates Of expenditures for the ex-
ecutive departments of the govern
ment for the fiscal year 1911, embod-
led nthe annual report of Franklin
MacVeagh as secretary of the treas
ury, made public today. This is in
line with President Taft's declared
policy of greater economy in admin
istering the affairs of the government
"The total estimates for 1911, in
The Appeal., 1910-01-01

Secretary Of Commerce and La
The need of a new departmental
building adequate to the requirements
of it's many bureaus and it's wide and
varied interests: the abolition of all
salaries below. $500 a year, and the
provision of a retirement fund for
faithful but superanuated clerks, are
some of the striking features of Sec
retary Nagels annual report on the
Department Of Commerce and Labor.
The Appeal., 1910-01-01

cluding the naval building program,
are $GS4,132,197," the report says.
"Excluding the increase on the Pan
anna canal estimates the total esti-
mates for 1911 show decrease of
S57,24A.4e4 under the appropriations
of 1910. Including the increase in
the canal estimates, the total esti-
mates for 1911 show a decrease Of
$42,S1S.969 under the appropriations
for 1910"
The Appeal., 1910-01-01
THE APPEAL.
ANATIONAL AFRO-AMERICAN NEWSPAPER

ST. PAUL OFFICE
No. 1856 Union Block, 4th & Cedar.
j. q. ADAMS. Manager
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-05-05
TAX ON AUTOMOBILES.
State VIII Get Considerable Revenue
From This Source.

Automobiles will be source of rev.
enue to the state from this time on.
Heretofore neither autos nor garages were
taxed, but at the last session tax of
$50 was placed on garages in municipali-
ties of 5000 or more, SIS on towns of
less than 5000, and $40 on each auto
mobile kept for hire in towns of 1000
or Or more, with S., on each automobile;
$3.50 on each auto-buggy, and S. if kept
foranire. Motor boats are also taxed
S..
B There are several thousand automobiles
in the state, and by the time these have
paid their privilege tax, to say nothing
of the several hundred garages, the state
will secure a handsome revenue from this
source. Jackson alone has about 100 autos
and two garages, while Vicksburg Green
Vile, Greenwood, Yazoo City, Natchez,
Meridian, Hattiesburg, Columbus and
other of the larger cities of the state
have more autos than jackson.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-05-05
THOMAS ILL
D. for a Good warm Shower

@, for a good warm shower!
Crops are beginning to grow little,
but the ground is so dry and hard that
they can't do much until it rains.
A. Ultschey, representing the Newton
community last week. We understand
that he did good business.
Miss Ethel Haddon, who has been
spending the last two weeks with her
sister, Mrs w. D. Thomas, returned to
her home at Harperville las Sunday.
We inadvertently failed to mention last
week that Our frieEd Simeon Lacy at
tended the reunion at Mobile. The boys
are telling some good jokes on MIR. Lacy,
but he says he enjoyed the trip hugely.
Mrs. S. L. Stringer, nee Miss Shellie
McNair, of Louin, is spending some days
with her mother, Mrs. John McNair.
Mr.. and Mrs. Casey and little son, of
Jackson, visited relatives here last Thurs
day and Friday, returning home Sat
urday.
Elston Ragland, who has been in school
here this session, left Saturday for Jack
son, where he entered one OF the BUSH
ness colleges. Elston is one of our
best boys and we predict for him a bright
uture.
Mrs. Downing, of Ranger, Williamson
county, texas, visited her nephew, O, c.
BilIingsIea, last week. She not been to
Mississippi before in number of years,
and was warmly greeted by old friends.
Mrs. Downing is enthusiastic over the
Lone Star State. Her three sons made
last year 7z bales of cotton by hiring
some hoeing done. They are living on
the prairies where walking plows are
comparatively unknown.
Miss Mary Alexander left Tuesday for
5reenviIIe, where she will spend the nex'
two months visiting ner brother, Hue
Alexander She will take in the grea,
aviation meet and the great state ora
torical contest while there.
Miss Grace Buchanan was warmly
greeted last week by the pupils and pa
irons. She spent Friday and Frida,
night IN the community.
Oscar Bullock, Of the Boyd Thonnas CO.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-05-05
METEOR PASSES OVER.
Several Persons Frightened BY it
Brilliency.

A meteor, travelling north to south
passed over Jackson about 1915 o'clock
last night, Illuminating the sky and caus-
ing those who saw it to quake with fear
In their oxfords
Several persons witnessed it, and many
Of them thought it might be Halley's
comet passing over ahead of schedule
time 1t was described as resembling a
ball of fire with a tail. 1t looked to be
about two feet in diameter and its tail
was about 20 feet long.
Manager Raymond, Of the Raymond
Stock Company, playing in the old cap
itcl grounds, was one Of those who saw
it. He and several persons standing at
the entrance of the tent at the time were
badly frightened when if was seen to
cross the heavens at terrific rate of
speed. 1t follows the course, almost dr.
rectly over State street, coming from the
north and quickly disappearing in the
south.
The glare from the passing meteor
lightning, but laster longer.-Jackson
News.
LOST-Brooch, enameled, Maple Leaf,
with small diamond. Liberal reward will
be paid for its return TO
MRS. ]. c. WHITE.
Brandon, Miss.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-05-05
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