The Appeal., 1910-09-24

Yancey, Edna Mills; Alex Miles, Du
luth; S. 4. Hadley, Stillwater; Hon
John M. Langeston was the speaker
on that occasion. Of the eighteen
gentlemen just named, ten rest be-
meath the sod.
In September Prof G. F. Adams
, brother of our editor, arrived and
shortly opened a German class with
tWerty-seven members. He was quite
successful and on November End his
pupils gave an entertainment in
Turner Hall, in which all the numbers
on the program were given in German.
Mr.. G. F. Adams is now serving his
third term. as Assistant Register of the
United States Treasury at Washing
ton, D. G.
October 5th. Mr. ]. w. Milton and
Miss Gertie Lewis were married.
November 9th, St. James A. M. E.
Church, having been rebuilt, was dedi-
Gated by Rev. J. NJ. Henderson, pastor.
About this time a great fair was
given by st. James A. M. E. Church,
under the chief management of Mrs.
T. H. Lyles, at the little Sweden
bOrgian Church, opposite Rice Park,
on Market street. 1t was the most
successful fair the church had ever
had, and netted thousand dollars
Mr.. Thomas Griswold and Major M.
D. Petties, both won mink overcoats
for bringing in the largest sums of
money.
z. w. Mitchell becomes agent for
nearolis.
January 4th, 1883, Mr. P. H. Ander-
son and Miss Lola Alexander were
married.
About January 28th G. F. Adams
became manager of "THF WESTERN
APPEAL" at Chicago, and Miss Ella
Belle Smith became local agent and
reporter in St Paul.
February 25th the first edition of
"THE CHICAGO APPEAL" was is
sued with circulation Of $50 copies.
April 29th the corner stone of the
Second, or st. Peters A. M. 3. Church,
was laid in Minneapolis under the
pastorate of Rev. l.. H. Reynolds.
In 1889 "THE WESTERN APPEAL"
having begun to circulate largely all
over the United States, it was deemed
advisable to change it's name so the
word "WESTERN" was dropped from
it's name. Subsequently special edi-
tions were published for Chicago,
Louisville, st. Louis and Dallas, Texas,
making five different and distinct edi-
tons with resident managers in each
of these cities.
The grandest social affair up to that
time ever held in St. Paul was given
during the meeting of the National
Association Tho 0ffcorr
of the committee in charge were, T. H.
Lyles, president: ]. @. Adams, secre-
tary; Geo. Duckett, treasurer.
In August Rev. J. w. Dunjee sue
ceeded q. w. Mitchell as Minneapolis
agent.
"THE APPEAL" office was moved
to No. 76 East Fifth street.
Along about that time Mr.. Jasper
Gibbs and Miss lone 3. Woods, OF
Louisville, were married.
July 1S, 1885. Lawyer F. L. McGhee
came to St. Paul from Chicago and a
few days thereafter he was admitted
to the bar, and about month later
Lawyer w. r. Morris went to Min
ncapolis and was admitted to the bar.
The splendid career of these gente-
ment is known to you all.
The Christmas edition of THE AP-
PEAL contained 2S pages.
In 1891 "THI APPEAL" began 2
contest for the most popular pastor
in the six cities for which special
editions were issued. Rev. C.. H. Par
rish, of Louisville, won the prize OF
a $1OO suit of Clothes
In February THE APPEAL" office
+ho TIrin Wy
it has since remained.
On the 4th of May Editor Adams
and Miss Ella Belle Smith were mar
ried.
Editor Adams was appointed on the
Committee Of Fifty from st. Paul to
go to the meeting of the Republican
National Committee at Washington,
D. c., and urge the holding of the
Republican Nationa Convention at
Minneapolis, and he was given the
credit Of having been the most in
strumertal in bringing about that re-
suit.
About this time Prof. VIM. A. Weir
composed "The Appeal Grand Fri
umphal March," which was dedicated
to the editor, and which the author
played here tonight. In this same
year a National Beauty Contest was
inaugurated by THE APPEAL
which ran through several months.
Miss Melanie Macllin, of st. Louis,
was declared the winner among the
single ladies, and Mrs. VIM. H. Stew
ard, wife of the editor of "The Amer
lean Baptist" Louisville, Kentucky,
among the married women. The
I;or cd, no
worth 500 each.
December 18th, st. Peter Claver
Church was dedicated, Bishop Ireland
preached the dedicatory sermon.
THE APPEAL issued a magnificent
Christmas edition Of 40 pages in five
parts of eight pages each. This edi-
tion has never been surpassed by any
other paper in the United States to
my knowledge, and will stand as a
monument to the journalistic ability
of the editor of THE APPEAL.
The events of the early days, which
I have briefly mentioned, you will
notice have taken up constderaHle
time, and any attempt to complete
the history Of THE APPEAL, it will
be seen, would occupy the whole even
ing I must, therefore, bring my re-
marks to close, yet I must take
time to congratulate Editor Adams
upon having been able to steer his
journalistic craft so we'll. When he
took charge of the paper there was a
debt of $3.50 hanging over it, but by
his able management means were
found to cancel that debt. Numerous
newspapers have been started in this
city during the existence of THE AP-