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The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1912-12-27
PAYNE cHAPEL'S CHRISTMAS
EXERCISES

The Sunday-school of Payne Chapel
A M. E. Church, Rev. H. l.. P. Jones,
pastor, had quite treat for those
who attended it's Christmas celebra-
ion Wednesday night. December 25.
Misses Viola and Willie Belle Flagg
and Mrs. Sallie King, with the COOP
eraton of the children, had prepared
delightfully."- entertaining program,
a"d in it's faultless rendition the
young people showed that they are
true progressives.
The exercises were opened with
music, invocation by the pastor, Rev.
H. L. P Jones, and an address of well
come, then came a beautiful cantata,
Preparing for Father Christmas"
in which "The Old Woman in the
Shoe with her innumera0ie children,
brought cheers from the large au-
dience.
But perhaps the most beautiful part
of the evenings entertainment was
the Star Drill" by ten girls clad in
white dresses dotted with cleaning
silver stars In the darkened audito-
rum, each girl carried a lighted can
die and after grouping themselves so
as to form a five-pointed star, they
proceeded with the drill in a manner
that showed great skill and prepara-
tion.
The music furnished Tor this occa-
sion was appropriate and sweetly sug-
gestive of the hristmas spirit. Aft
er the two Christmas trees had been
stripped of presents Rev. H. L. P.
Jones pronounced the benediction.
MISS SCALES TO MRS. JOHNSON.
Miss Matte Belle Scales was among
the last to have the honor of enter
tanning Mrs. Carrie Bryant Johnson.
This affair was given at the Scales
home on Warren street, Monday from
3 to s p. M, during which time a .
long list of guests came in to partake
OF the hospitality of this home and
to make the evening all the more
enjoyable were the beautiful decos
rations and toothsome menu.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1912-12-27
MRS. LILLIAN MCCAIN GRANT.

Because she has been for the past
fortnight out on the Charlotte pike
nursing a very sick father, not many
of the friends and acquaintances of
Mrs. Lillian McClain Grant, who is
here for the Christmas season and
to attend the sick, know of her be-
ing back from Colorado. Mrs. Grant
was a Miss McClain before her mar
riage to Dr. R. S. Grant, Of the class
of 1904, of Meharry. She is also a
Rogerite; they now live at Colorado
Springs, Colo, where the doctor is
reported doing we'll.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1912-12-27
SAM LANGFORD WINS FROM Nc
VEY ON KNOCKOUT.

Sydney. Australia, Dec. 26.-Sam
Tangford knocked out Sam McVey in
the thirteenth round to-day in one of
the fiercest heavyweight battles seen
in Australia in years.
Langford had the best of the fight
'n~ throughout He severely punished
McVey, who, however, made plucky
defense
Langford began fighting fiercely in
the first round, landing lefts and rights
and driving McVey to the ropes.
Only during the second and third
rounds did McVey show any sign of
equality with his opponent, and even
then his punches did not worry Lang
ford a great deal.
In the fourth round Langford floored
McVey with an upper cut to the chin
and from then on McVey simply tried
30 protect himself, but received Sc
we're punishment.
The finish came in the thirteenth
round when Langford again forced
McVey to the ropes and then landed
innumerable lefts and rights on his
face, causing McVey ito fall COM
pletely
To-day's fight between Sam Lang
ford and Sam McVey, the two heavy
weight Negro boxers, was the sixth
tine they had met. Langford has
now defeated McVey on four occa-
sions, once he was beaten by McVey
an done of their fights ended in a
draw. Five of these matches were
fought in Australia and the remaining
one in Paris. Langford holds the title
of heavyweight champion of England
and McVey that of heavyweight cham
pion of Australia.
1t was reported at one time that
Langford was to fight Jack Johnson
for the championship Of the world.
Sam Langford, who is 32 years old,
entered the ring as professional in
1902 and has during the last ten
years had a remarkable boxing career.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-07-27

THERE is no institution on earth
i that handles as much money as
the treasury department of the Unit
ed States government. It collects and
expends all moneys authorized to be
collected and expended by congress.
1t advises congress as to the amount
of money necessary to run the gov
eminent for each fiscal year. It
minis the coin, prints the paper
money as we'll as the postage and
revenue stamps.
Among the other activities of this
great department Of government is
the protection of the people from
counterfeiters; the maintenance of
vessels to suppress smuggling and to
enforce quarantine regulations, to
save Ifs, to- conserve the public
health, construct and maintain pub
lie buildings all over the country, and
audit and pay the accounts of all
the other departments of the govern
ment. It also controls and supervises
the national banking system, compris-
ing some 5000 banks, with a capital
of billion dollars and a surplus of
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-07-27

WASH1NGTON.-Boy Scouts of
" America are doing a piece of real
and extremely useful scouting. They
are searching for trees that are af-
n1cted with disease or insects. This
work was started in Pennsylvania,
where a disease is destroying thou
sands Of chestnut trees. a~.
The boys have been of great help to
the forestry department in detecting
this disease and reporting the trees
thus afflicted to the department Of for
estry. IT.
That work afforded an excellent
piece of scouting for boys and the re-
suit has been that boy scouts through.
out the country have written to James
Il. West, chief scout executive of the
Boy Scouts Of America, asking for in
formation about other diseases and in
scots that affect trees and shrubs.
They wanted something definite to
look for in their hikes through the
woods ~.-s-
AS result George H. Merritt, one
OF the secretaries employed by the
Boy Scouts Of America, is compiling
with the aid of Clifford Pinchot, former
United States forester and member OF
the National Council Of the Boy Scouts
OF America, a chapter for the manual
and for the scoutmasters outlining Diff
terent diseases of the most significant
trees.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-07-27
Illicit Distilling Is ON the Increase

All CONSUMING act Of manu-
1V4 featuring distilled liquors in vio-
lation of the internal revenue LAWS
on the increase all over the country,
according to experts Of the treasury
department. OF course. the depart
ment never concerns itself with ques-
tons of public policy, and consequent
" 1t has nothing to do or say about
tho increase or, decrease of prohibit
ton throughout the United States.
Nevertheless the work of the bureau
Of internal revenue IL Immediately con-
oerned with thia question Of public
policy, because It has been found that
wherever prohibition laws exist there
also is afforded the greatest possible
incentive for violations Of the internal
revenue laws BY "moonshiners."
It will be some weeks yet before the
report Of the work Of internal revenue
agents with respect to the enforce
ment Of the laws against "moonshin-
Ing" win be compiled for the last fiscal
year. but enough is known to warrant
the statement that there has not only
been great increase. but q great
spread Of that industry In the last fs-
cal year. For instance, in the state Of
North Carolina ''moonshining" used to
exist almost exclusively in the noun
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-07-27
u. S. Treasury Department Greatest

$7o0,00o,000. In short every financial
function of the United States comes
In contact with this department.
Since the administration of Presi-
dent Washington the treasury port
folio has been held by A individuals.
Seventeen states have furnished all
the men who have presided over the
treasury department down to and in
Guiding the present incumbent. They
have come from various sections of
the country. Geographically the
north Atlantic division of states sup
piled nearly one-half; 81 came from
the states embraced in that division,
The north central division of states
was represented by II; the south
ceptral by and the south Atlantic
by 5. The western division of states,
as yet, have not been called upon for
treasurer. New York and Pennsyl-
vania have been represented oftener
than their sister states, as they have
each given Z secretaries of the treas
ury. Ohio comes next with S. Then
follow Kentucky with 4; Massachu-
sets and Indiana each; Georgia,
Maryland, Maine and Illinois, 2 each;
Connecticut, Tennessee Delaware,
New Hampshire, Mississippi and
Iowa, 1 each. Virginia, the Empire
state of the early times of the repub-
lie, the mother of presidents, and
the home of statesmen, has never
furnished a secretary of the treas
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-07-27

There was once an old and ignorant
eXpounder-no pun intended-of the
Bible who in a sermon got a little
mixed and declared that there were
only two roads, one leading to death
and destruction and the other to hell
and damnation. An interested listen
er was so struck by the statement that
he remarked, Then, in that case, I'm
going to stand still, right where
am" This is about the position of
the Afro-American in the coming elec-
ton. TO follow Roosevelt's road will
lead to death and destruction, and to
follow Wilson's road will certainly
lead to hell and damnation. So the
wise ones will stay right where they
are and support President Taft, their
best friend.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-07-27
Emblem of Church Should Be First

A CHURCH flag Is the emblem and
"A standard of God, and to place it
above the flag of the United States
during religious services aboard a
vessel is but little enough recognition
OF God, 1t was asserted the other day
by DR.. q. M. Blackwell, of the navy.
II have noticed that certain parties
object to the church pennant being
hoisted above the national flag on
board ship Of the navy during divine
services, stating in effect that there
Is nothing paramount to the national
flag" DR.. Blackwell SAID
"As regards other nations and flags
and other human organizations, fully
agree that there is nothing para
mount to the United States or it's flag,
but there is Supreme Power or
Force that is paramount to every
thing earthly, and the emblem of that
Supreme Power or Force, when hoist
ed, should be hoisted above every
other flag or emblem.
"As I understand it, the church
flag, whether Christian, Jew, Budd-
hist, Brahman, Confucian, Mahomme-
dan, or what not, is the emblem and
standard Of God to that religion and
not of the religion itself.
Different nations and peoples have
conflicting ideas of God. Some re-
gard Him as Supreme Being, others
as the great Force or Power of the
universe or nature; but, however we
regard Him, we should recognize Him
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-07-27
Boy Scouts at Work ON New Task

Boys also are being taught what dis
eases of the trees and what plants are
likely to prove harmful to themselves.
This work will train the observation
powers Of the boys by keeping them
alert. They will watch the trees and
the shrubs more closely, and through
alertness they will appreciate beauty
of the trees and Of the surroundings.
and they will gain many beneficial
results from that work.
Among the most destructive in
sects," said Merritt, must be enumer-
ated the bark lice or scale insects,
plant lice, wood borers, coddling moth,
San Jose scale, tent caterpillars, can
ker worms, tussockmoths, leaf-mining
beetles, gall-forming insects, chinch-
bugs, army worms, weevils and To-
Gusts. Aside from this army Of destruc-
ton to forest and orchard tree alike,
and to the lesser plants, there are also
causes of loss due to such agents as
fungus, animals. weather conditions,
etc.
THE boy scouts, think, can be of
material service in doing real scouting
In locating cases of blighted trees or
of those badly affected by insects,
feeders and parasites. The real infor-
nation as to methods Of such work
will depend largely, Of course, upon
local or sectional conditions, and vary
also with the cause, but with little
care all of this can be worked out into
a very good department Of scout work.
Most information as to exact
causes, kinds Of disease and insect
troubles, methods Of treatment, loca-
ton, etc., will come from the various
districts Of the United States where
government entomologists and botan-
lists have been stationed"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-07-27
SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1912.
IT'S ONLY A QUESTION OF TIME

The fact that there is chronicled, al
most every day, some fatal accident
to aviatOrs does not seem to abate
the ardor and activity of the bird men
and women. 1t seems that the notion
that the air can be navigated with
comparatively little risk is firmly
fixed in the public mind and expert
ments along that line will continue
until something like perfection is
evolved. 1t takes time to do many
things, yet the advances made along
all lines of progress in the last CEN
tury far exceeds that made in 1000
years before, and it is not at all un-
reasonable to believe that the time is
not far distant when the dangers of
air travel will be almost entirely obvi-
ated. Over four hundred years ago
Mother Shipton prophesied that:
Around the world through would fly
In the twinkling of an eye.
Under water men would walk,
Would ride, would talk.
On the water iron would float,
The same as any wooden boat
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-07-27

There have been many trivial causes
alleged for the bringing of suits for
divorce by both men and women. but
we believe that few people will dis
agree with us in saying that VIM. P.
Crawley, a Minneapolis man, had a
good one. Crawley charges that in the
seventeen years of his married life his
wife has made him move twenty-nine
times. He says that the moving habit
contracted by his wife has become I'M
bearable, and also that she beat him
up with a broom He declares that
it is unsafe and inconsistent for him
to attempt to provide any more homes,
and that he is sick and weary from
the many moves. Can you blame
him?
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-07-27

tain regions. Today the state is hon
eycombed with Illicit stills.
The greatest increase in this illegal
business in recent years has been
noted in Georgia. Alabama, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and
Tennessee. While the internal revenue
oacers have been constantly raiding
the districts where the illicit industry
has been known to exist for half a
century or more. bachlre has sprung
up In the settled districts Of those
states which has necessitated an in
crease In the force Of inspectors and
agents and great diligence and energy
all along the line.
Furthermore, the '.moonshining" In
dustry has begun to invade the north,
and particularly. some Of the larger
cities Of the north. where the possi.
bility Of hiding Is excellent.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-07-27

as the great unreasonable, overmas.
tering, all powerful, irresistible Force
that rules, governs and directs the
universe, and should willingly sub
NIT to His laws. No matter how
grand a parsonage, or great a nation
may be, they have got to succumb
to the laws Of nature, which are the
laws of God.
Men and nations at various times
have arrogated to themselves that
they were supreme over earth, and
have had their answers by being
wiped out Of existence, so that there
is not vestige left of them, and in
destruction by earthquakes, floods,
famines, fire, and pestilence and by
the laundering of the. Titanic and
other marine disasters.
LAS a great majority of the people
of this country acknowledge the
Christian faith, and as Christian peo-
pie practically rule the world, the
church pennant is certainly. the one
We should use as representing that
great Being to whom we owe allegi.
ance."
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-07-27
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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-07-27

What seems to have been the imme-
date punishment for the infraction Of
Gods law: Thou shalt not take the
name of the Lord thy God in vain,"
took place in Galena, ILL.,, this week.
AS Thomas Johnson, the aged Afro
American sexton of the South Presby-
terrain church of that city, started to
climb the belfry stairs, he jocularly
and sacriligeously remarked I'm
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-07-27

A very romantic wedding took place
in Marshalltown, Iowa, this week,
when George M. Minkler, aged II, and
Mrs. Huldah A. Davis, aged Is, both
inmates of the Soldiers Home, were
united in wedlock. The groom had
been married four times and the bride
three. They took a six months fur
lough' Immediately after the wedding.
Evidently they do not believe mar
rage is failure
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-07-27
$han1 4ntuprHitu

This-institution of learning, established in 1865.
has industrial departments for both young men
preparatory departments. There are. also Schools
of Law, Medicine, Pharmacy and Theology.
Other improvements are being planned that will
be completed within the next two years.
Applications should be made several months or
year in advance, for it has become Impossible
during the last few years to receive all who apply.
The present enrolment is over 500.
The academic year begins on the Thursday
nearest the first day of October and continues for
thirty-two consecutive weeks The charges arc
moderate. Catalogues furnished upon application.
Addres, THE PRESIDENT
Shaw University. Raleigh. N. c.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-07-27

It seems that DR.. A. Piatt Andrew
the recently deposed assistant secre.
tary of the treasury, in his attack
upon Secretary MacVeagh, has most
effectively shown that he is entitled
to a high seat in the Ananias ciuD.
The men whom Dr. Andrew quoted as
holding the same opinion as himself in
regard to Secretary MacVeagh have
overwhelmingly repudiated the state
ments made by the doctor. Next!
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-07-27

A strenuous effort was made at the
Democratic National convention to
have a plank inserted in the platform
disfranchising the Afro-Americans,
and yet there will be some boneheads
who will vote the Democraslc ticket at
the coming election.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-07-27

The outlook for bumper crop all
over the country is so favorable at this
time that the dealers in provisions
have already begun to reduce the
prices on many of the necessities of
life. That good crops will knock the
stufing out of the high cost of living
is contamination to be devoutly
wished for.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-07-27
SOUNDS THE KEYNOTE.

Upon the solid rock of the
rights of the individual as grant
ed by the Constitution, the Re-
publican party builds it's struc-
ture of optimism. The Demo-
cratic party, on the other hand,
in the opening sentence of it's
address to the electorate, be-
trays it's occasional quality by
denying the right of Congress, a
right again and again confirmed
by the Supreme Court, to estab-
lish protective duties for the ben
eft of American industries. 1t de-
cIares as false the vital issue of
the constitutional liberties of the
individual. Such liberties are
now assaulted by those who advo-
cate the overthrow of the indie
pendence of the judiciary. 1t
would leave the individual de-
fenseiess in the protection Of
those rights declared inalenabIe
under the Observation-Disclosures
D. Hilles, chairman of the Re-
publican national committee.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-07-27

going up to meet God" A few mo.
ments later the old man lost his foot
ing, his weak hands failed him, he fell
thirty feet and sustained injuries that
are expected to prove fatal. Does it
not look like Judgment?
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-07-27
CANNON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

SGO"SIAs
AIMS AND METHODS.
The aim Of this school is to do prac-
teal work in helping men towards Sue
cess in the ministry. Its course of study
is broad and practical; it's ideas are high;
ITS work is thorough; it's methods are
fresh. systematic, clear and simple
COURSE OF STUDY.
The regular course of study occupies
three years, and covers the lines of work
in the several departments of theological
instruction usually pursued in the lead
ing theological seminaries of tile country
EXPENSES AND AID.
Tuition and room rent are free. The
apartments for students are plainly fur
nlShed Good board can be had for sever
dollars per month. Buildings heated by
steam.
Az from loans without interest, and
gifts of friends, are granted to deserving
students who do their utmost in the line
of self-help. No young man with grace.
gifts, and energy need be deprived OF
the advantages now opened to him in
this Seminary. For further particulars
address
THE PRESIDENT,
Cannon Theological Seminary,
Atlanta, Georgia.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-07-27

All these things are so common
nowadays that, to the younger gen.
Grafton, they seem to have always ex-
isted
So it is not unreasonable to predict
that it will not be long before some
genius will discover how to ride upon
the land and water.