The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-10-25

aged is recommendation enough. We
are with you heartily.
James A. vass,
We have been pining for first
class entertainment for a long time
and hail yours with Joy.
. F. A. Williams.
I fully approve of your proposed
celebration and deem it worthy of
the highest consideration.
s. J. BeIIesen.
Your entertainments have been
such delightful affairs that I would
not miss one. Count me in
T. e. Franklin.
The prospects for your entertain
ment look good to me and I will t.,
all l can to make it a success.
William Aston.
You may count on my best efforts
in your behalf as fully as I gave them
in your former entertainments.
VIM. M. Smith.
Nothing is LOO good for THE AP-
PEAL. We, with united effort should
make this celebration Excelsior"
B. F. Edwards.
| think it is very worthy under
taking on your part. I will do all
in my power to make it a success.
D. e. BeasIey.
The prospect for your grand enter
talnment looks good to me. 1 shall
do all can to help you on to success.
Ralph Watson.
1 am heartily in favor of this en-
tertainment. The records of your
past entertainments speak we'll for
the coming function.
Clarence L. Smith.
The Fiftieth Anniversary of Eman-
cipalion ought to be celebrated-Un-
der your efficient management it will
be an assured success.
Jasper Gibbs, sr.
What man has done, man can do
again. The entertainments you have
given were par excellent; the coming
one should surpass them all.
w. T. Francis.
I indorse the movement most heart
lily, as I think we as a race, should
not lose sight of the day four million
of our people were emancipated.
G. W. Moker.
Am sure this entertainment is
quite appropriate, and should have
the encouragement of ALL We will do
all in our power to assist in making
it huge success.
Henry High.
I don't see why your entertainment
shouldn't be one Of the grandest.
will give you all the assistance I can
to make it such. I wish to see you
do the turkey trot" that evening.
H. c. Petticord.
On the receipt Of your circular let
ter I began to think up something
new and novel to present at your
entertainment and l think I've got it.
I shall respond with the best I can
produce.
Chas. n. Miller.
1 am sure that the coming entertain
ment will be grand one from the
fact that your previous experience and
success in handling affairs of this
kind is a guarantee that this one will
be the grandest of them all.
Lieut.. T. w. Stepp,
Duluth, MINI.
I know that your coming entertain
ment will be pleasurable success.
The celebration of the Fiftieth Ami
versary of Emancipation marks an era
that should spur the race onward and
upward to higher destinies and greater
ACHIEVEMENTS.
Dr.. j. M. Bodd,
Being an old soldier and cherishing
the memory of that Grand Old Man,
whose hand guided by our Loving
Father with one stroke of his pen set
4,00J,O,~ slaves free. Why, Mr.. Edi-
tor, if all felt as I do you would not
have standing room.
Sergt. j. w. Harper.
| The proper date for an Emancipa-
ton celebration is September %, the
date upon which the immortal Lincoln
issued it, and that date was selected,
but owing. to the fact that St. James
A. M. E. church had secured the
famous Ferguson Dixie Jubilee Singers
for that date the management for the
celebration under the auspices of THE
APPEAL graciously gave way for the
church and set Monday, September &c.
as the date. Preparations then start.
ed in earnest and the people began to
send in their names as patrons until
the list appeared as follows:
PATRONS AND PATRONESSES
RECEPTION COMMITTEE.
i Mr.. AND MRS,