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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-09
She's lO3, but Likes
To Ride Fast in Auto
California CentenarIan Also Baked
5o-Pound Cake on Her Last
Birthday.

SANTA ROSA, CAL, Nov s-Mrs.
Electa Kennedy, 10S, of Healdsburg,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-09
DR. SUN MAY LEAD WAR.
Hopes Yet TO Beat Yuan Shi-K' al
China ColUed by Despot's Army

Y. SUN SEN, at the
top, and Yuan Silk al,
respectively the provisional
and the first constitutional
President of China. Yuan has
driven DR.. Sun into exile.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-09
Flight Does Not Mean
He Has Given Up Hope.

lrY spIrIt thert
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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-05-17
GET FAT QUICK RECORD.
Malissa Gained Over $50 Pounds In
Five Months.

Malissa Gained Over $50 Pounds In
Five Months. Il
Savannah. All get fat quick records
were broken by Malissa Cooper, col
ored, who died at her home at Grayson.
GWyette county, Ga. It took fourteen
men to put her in coffin.
She weighed 613 pounds when her
heart stopped beating. and the doctors
say she would have been as heavy as
a small elephant had she lived month
longer.
Five months ago the woman appar-
emily recovered from a serious illness.
and then-she had never before weigh
ed more than $50 pounds-she began to
put on fat at the rate of almost 100
pounds month";
She could be seen to grow fatter and
fatter almost from day to day Her
skin stretched and stretched, and what
kept it from cracking and splitting
wide open was a puzzle to the many
physicians who 6ocked to study her
strange case.
The whole countryside got interested
in Malissa, and the people went to
Grayson in droves, 'just to see her
grow" She grew while they waited l.
At the last her neck was a yard in
circumference, and it was III inches
around her waist.
Why. she took on such prodigious fat
is question the doctors will investi-
gate for science.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-05-17
SATURDAY, MAY II, 1918.

Louis H. Peck has at last been
pardoned by Gov James M. Cox of
Ohio. Peck was accused of assault
on six year old white girl in 1900
and the alleged assault was the cause
OF the Akron, Ohio, riot during which
two persons were killed, eighteen per-
sons shot and the city hall burned.
Peck was scared into pleading guilty
and he was railroaded to the peniten-
tiary inside of ten minutes, sentenced
to life Imprisonment and actually
served twelve years for crime of
which he was innocent, for according
to the evidence of the coroner, there
was absolutely no evidence of an
assault. But for the fact that Peck
was railroaded to the penitentiary, he
doubtless would have been lynched
and never had chance to prove his
innocence, but what redress has he
for the twelve years of penal servi-
tude? Now that he is again a free
citizen he should seek some compensa-
ton for his labor from the state of
OHIO. 1t was not enough that an in
nocent man was set free, the state
should be made to pay heavy damages
to this citizen, who for no other rea-
son than the color prejudice of it's
other citizens, he was held in durance
vile for twelve long years. Peck has
good reason to thank God that he was
not lynched, good reason to be very
grateful to those who helped him to
freedom and he doubtless is, but he
ought to be compensated for labor
and for his loss of good name and
liberty. Think it over.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-05-17
How to Keep Cool.

Don't hurry and don't worry.
Touch no alcohol. Use less tobacco
than usual. Neither is wise in heat.
Don't do anything you can postpone.
The peril of the battlefield is about.
Walk slowly in the sun. If you have
to work in it keep green leaves in your
hat They may save stroke.
A woman forced to walk in the sun
Is wise If she carries an umbrella or q
sunshade. Women are less liable to a
stroke and more liable to heat exhaus.
ton. The latter scares less at the
time. 1t means as much in the end
Put off washing, ironing, baking and
every work that can be postponed
that brings heat. If called to such
work, eat slowly and lightly, but Of
ten, and help perspiration by taking
much water, either hot in weak tea or
just plain. good water, not too cold
I. Loosen all clothing, go to bed early.
sleep in the open if you can, best of
all on the roof. A back yard and ham,
mock are better than a room.
Watch all food. Touch nothing kept
long. Be vigilant over the milk chill
dren use.
And. above all things, be cheerful.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-05-17
maintenance IMPORTANT.
Provision Should Be Made to Keep
Roads In Repair.

PROVISION 0nouId BE MADE to Keep
Roads In Repair.
Hon. Logan Waller Par. director of
the United States Office OF public roads,
believes that there is nothing more i'm
portant than maintaining roads after
they are built. Commenting on this
phase of road work, he said recently:
Too much stress cannot be laid on
the Importance of maintenance in con-
nection with the work Of improving
the roads. The people in nearly all the
states are filed with enthusiasm for
road improvement and are spending
enormous sums of money in the con-
struction Of superb roads, and yet al
most without exception they are max
ing little provision to care for the roads
after they are built This is true not
only in the various counties, but under
many of our state highway depart
ments.
To maintain the roads in good con-
dition year after year requires a con-
siderable annual outlay, but this out
lay is infinitely less than the loss which
must fall upon the people eventually if
they allow their roads to go to utter
ruin. The thing for all advocates Of
good roads to do is to urge continuous
systematic maintenance and the setting
aside every year of an amount per
mile estimated by the engineer in
charge to be sufficient for the proper
maintenance of the road-a course
which must make for economy and eff
cheney.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-05-17
HOW TO BEAUTIFY A PORCH.
A List Of Good Climbers For Your So.
lection.

A List of Good Climbers For Your Sc
lection.
Nature uses vines to hide her de-
fects. Man has borrowed the practice,
which is to his credit. Nature hides
tree stumps and rock heaps under fes-
toons of shimmering green. Outbuild-
ings, implanted fences and rubbish
heaps may be hidden in the same way.
Many climbing vines are beautiful in
leaf and flower. Grown over trellises,
porches and arbors, they provide shell
ter and shade.
The list Of really good climbers is
not overlong. For permanent loca-
tons perennials are preferable, and
among the most common Is the Vir-
ginia creeper, or woodbine, which
grows very rapidly and will cling to
walls of any kind. In the fall the
leaves turn brilliant scarlet or Grim
son. The plants are cheap. Fifteen
cents will buy one. ~..-
The trumpet creeper and the wis
TARA are also good vines to grow over
buildings. The former has splendid
dark red, trumpet-like blossoms, which
last a long time. This plant is not a
very rapid grower, but is well worth
planting. The grandidora variety is
the one to order. The wistaria makes
the finest show of any of the vines.
The vines grow to an immense height,
but the plant needs a little petting.
Give it sunny location, strong soil
and an occasional enrichment of ma
nure, and it will delight your heart.
For dense screen there is nothing
better than Dutchman's pipe, which
has leaves almost as large as ele-
plants ears. The curious little flow
ers, which really amount to little, give
It it's name. The leaves come early
and stay late, a fact which recon-
mends it for many situations. 1t must
be grown on trellis or given sup
port of some kind
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-05-17
MAKING GOOD ROADS BY
BURNING UP POOR ONES
"Gumbo" Roads After Beinq Fired
Make Excellent ,Thoroughfares.

Blazing trail of good roads through
the south is not a figure Of speech. but
an actually, for many miles of good
roads are being made by setting fire to
poor ones, the result being what is
known as baked clay road.
There are no poorer roads in all the
United States than the ''gumbo" roads
OF the south. gumbo being the name
given a certain kind Of mud or clay
that is particularly sticky, clings tena-
ciously, seems to have no bottom and
Will not support any weight Gumbo,
however, contains a large percentage
OF organic matter which will burn
when dry, and as a result road of
this material properly prepared and set
on fire energies from the fiery ordeal
as perfectly good road and one more
over, that stays so for a considerab BILE
period of time.
The process of onverting a gumbo
road into baked clay begins by blowing
up the roadway and making bitches on
the sides. Cordwood is laid in a sort
of flooring across the burrows which
run crosswise of the road. Great Jumps
OF sticky gumbo are spread over this
floor, along with more wood loosely
strewn about. Then a second floor of
wood is laid and the whole covered
with gumbo, tamped and rounded off.
Fire is now set to the road, and the
flames rushing through the burrows.
which serve as fues. ignite the wood.
After the heat has driven the water
out of the gumbo this, too. ignites, and
the actual cooking process is in full
swing. %,~
1T is more than merely drying out
the gumbo," says G. II. Claudy in Mo-
tor. 1T is popularity of this gumbo
that at low temperature it clinkers, and
these clinkers when broken up are
quite different from the original Jumps
of gumbO. The clinker is not only
fairly hard, but if properly burned
will not make mud when mixed with
water. In this is the triumph of the
burned clay road. When the fire has
burned itself out the roadmaker has
not only thorough mixture of dry
clay and wood ashes, but good depth
Of gumbo clinker, which he promptly
proceeds to break into small pieces to
spread evenly and finally to roll and
compact into a real road"
To all intents and purposes the road
so made is fine dry stretch of crum
bled brick.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-05-17
New Window Screens.

A window screen that rolls over the
window or back into it's case as easily
as a shade goes over the roller costs
$3.50 for an ordinary window. The
screen may be fitted to the top or bot
tom Of the window and can be rolled
to cover an opening Of any depth, not
shading the closed part Of the window.
When the window is closed or when
the season arrives when the screen is
not needed it may be rolled out of sight
without the difficulty Of storing. Being
fixed to the inside of the window, the
screen does not become weather worn.
and the wire cloth of which it is made
Is said to be rustless.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-05-17
FOR THE HOUSEWIFE.
How to Cook Various Kinds Of Sum-
mer Vegetables.


Carrots la Poulette.- Wash and
scrape carrots and cut in small cubes
There should be two cupfuls Remem-
Der that the best favor as we'll as the
brightest color lies nearest the skin,
for which reason they should never be
pared Cover with boiling water and
let stand five minutes. Drain and cook
In boiling salt water to cover until soft.
Melt three tablespoonful Of butter,
add three tablespoonfuls Of -four and
stir until well blended; then pour on
gradually, while stirring constantly.
one cupful of chicken stock (the liquor
in which fowl has been cooked) and
one-half cupful of rich milk or cream.
Bring to the boiling point and add car
rot cubes and one-half teaspoonful of
lemon juice and season with salt and
pepper. AS soon as thoroughly heated
add the yolks Of two eggs. slightly
beaten, Turn into hot vegetable dish.
garnish with sprig of parsley and
serve at once, says Woman's Home
Companion.
Peas when fresh, young and tender
are most delicious and should be cook
ed right from the vine to be at their
best. They are often almost ruined in
the cooking by using too large guam
tity Of water. There should be little, If
any, water to drain off when they are
done; then, again, the salt had better
not be added until the last ten minutes
of the cooking. Peas that have lost
much Of their natural sweetness are
improved by bit of sugar.
Peas a la Francaise.-Cook three
tablespoonful of butter with one slice
bacon five minutes. Remove bacon and
add two cupfuls Of shelled peas and
eight small onions. Cover with boiling
water and cook until vegetables are
soft. Drain and add one-fourth cupful
of cream and one egg yolk, slightly
beaten. Season with salt and pepper.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-05-17
Drinkinu Water Test

One of the best and simplest tests
is to put pint of water in fiat
earthen vessel, evaporates it quickly
and scrape the receptacle clean OF any
residue. IL such residue is white and
powdery it means lime or gypsum:
hence the water is hard. but safe. a
whitish green or whitish yellow gum
my residue is suspicious. Burn it. and
II it turns black. giving out the smell
Of burned feathers. the water is con-
taminated with animal refuse and a
likely breeder Of typhoid Detroit Free
Press.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-05-17
Health and Beauty,


To build up the tissues of the body
sip glass of rich creamy milk before
retiring.
If the baby vomits don't put any
thing except water into it's stomach
for four hours. @zs-.-
The house owner who appreciates
the beneficences Of sunshine has sun
room or solarium attached to his
home.
Go about the baby's bath systemat-
ically. Have the windows and doors
shut and everything in readiness be-
fore beginning
The dye used to color some stock
1ngs contains poisonous element,
consequently the stockings should be
washed before being worm
A young child's shoes should always
have broad toes. If the toes are even
slightly crowded they soon lap over.
This condition spoils the natural beau
ty of the foot and is apt to become
very uncomfortable.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-05-17
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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-05-17
$4,000, 100000 AS
| Good ROADS FUND.
Bourne Proposes to Spend Il
] In Next Fifty Years.
A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN,
Ex- Senator Advocates Expenditure of
Vast Sum by Government and States
For Construction and Maintenance Of
Observation-Disclosures Of Plan.

Former United States Senator iona
than Bourne, Jr., chairman of the joint
committee on federal aid in the con-
struction OF post roads, in special re-
port to the committee proposes to
spend $3,000,00O,OOO for good roads in
the United States, $1,OOO,OOO,OOO for
construction and $2,000,O00,OOO for
maintenance, both extending over a
period Of fifty years. Besides this
great scheme, all the hundred and odd
other good roads measures which have
been proposed from time to time in
congress pale into insignifcance.
The Bourne plan contemplates the
creation of a construction fund of ST.
OOO,0OO,OOO. appropriated among the
states upon the basis of area, popula-
ton, assessed valuation and road mile
age; that the states shall deposit in the
United States treasury fifty year 4 per
cent bonds for the amount due them as
worked out on this basis, upon which
the federal government shall lend the
par value for road construction. In it's
turn the federal government would is
sue fifty year nontaxable per cent
bonds, to be sold in 500 denominations
or multiples of that sum to all buyers.
The bill suggested by Mr.. Bourne to
carry out the plan he has evolved con-
talns nine sections, the most interest
ing of which relates to the apportion-
ment and crediting to the several states
OF "the United States highway fund.-
as it is called, thus: "The United
States highway commission, hereinaft-
ier created, shall ascertain in the most
practicable manner. from the best in
formation available, the total land
area, the population according to, the
last federal census, the total assessed
valuation of all taxable property and
the total mileage of public highways
In each of the several states, and shall
compute the percentage Of the total of
these four items possessed by each
state. They shall then compute the
average of the four percentages for
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-05-17
FISK UNIVERSITY FACES CRISIS,

FISK UNIVERSITY FACES CRISIS
Noted Institution in Danger of Losing
Vast Sur-A Battle for Higher Edu
cation Of Afro-American People Call
ed to Help.
Fisk University, the most noted
Afro-American institution for higher
education, is facing a serious crisis in
it's attempt to raise an endowment
fund. The institution was offered $780,.
600 more than two years ago by the
General Education Board, on condition
that it raise $240,000 in addition, for
liquidation of accumulated indebted.
ness Of about $4,000, for repairing and
refitting buildings, for the installation
of heating and lighting plant, and for
endowment. An amount of 100000
was to be raised, two-thirds of which
was to go for endowment. The insti-
tuition has run all these years, almost
entirely through the support, from
year to year, of white friends in the
North.
About two hundred Of these white
friends have contributed toward the
present endowment effort, but the total
amount given leaves $104, 900 yet to be
raised. The time limit of the initial
offer Of the General Education Board
expires June LIST and the University
authorities have no assurance that this
time limit will be extended.
The alumni are carrying on loyal
rally; ito raise $4,000 as their share
in the fund, but there will still remain
nearly 100000 which must be secured
from other friends The white friends
uted generously to this fund and now
of the Afro-Americans have contrib
are asking what the Afro Americans
propose to do. The authorities of the
University are making nationwide
appeal to the Afro-American to rally
to the rescue of this institution which
for forty years has offered all
that is highest and best in education
and culture to the Afro-Americans Of
the land. They want 100, 900 Afro
Americans to send them at least 81 be-
tween now and June LIST. Checks and
money orders should be made payable
to Fisk University and may be sent to
the editorial Office Of this paper or sdi-
rectly to Fisk University at Nashville,
Tenn. All contributions sent to the
office of THE APPEAL will be ack-
noW1edged in its columns. Shall we
rally to the call of an institution which
from its foundation has aimed to set
the feet Of young Afro-Americans in
the path to all the learning and Gull
ture which the best institutions of the
land AFFORD?
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-05-17
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THE ROAD.

8 / sing you an ode
@ OF the country road,
z The lumpy road
= And the bunpy road
3 That jolts the wagon and spills the
8 load,
Mud to the hubs when the rain
comes down,
< Flooded wherever the creeks run
5 high,
9 Filled with ruts when the fields are
2 brown
< And the sun is hot and the air is
< dry.
8 It's clogged with gravel and packed
2 with sand,
z So built and graded and laid and
< planned
s. That it takes team
8 And sometimes two
2 To do the work one horse should do.
1t racks the wagons with jolts and
< jars;
5 It ruins horses and motorcars.
D Keeps back crops from the market
Piles up debts on the farmers place.
< The old time road is a plain dis
5 grace.
) But the modern road is a different
, thing.
: A worthy theme for the bard to
sing,
< Put together
; For every weather,
; Smooth and dustless and good to
see,
( And graded right, as road should
< be;
Useful always and muddy never,
thing of beauty, a joy forever.
-Berton Braley.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-05-17
How to Darn a Tear.

Mend a long tear IN any garment
which will not be subjected to close
scrutiny by putting underneath the
break piece of some strong fabric.
Machine stitch on the inside down each
edge. then turn the needle to the mid
die and zigzag across the tear. This
makes a perfectly firm as we'll as a
very neat mend. For the hard worn
places on small boys pants it is the
best possible treatment. strengthening
thin place as well as mending it.