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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-12-13
Growing Grain by Electricity,

Growing Grain by Electricity.
Very successful effects have been at
tanned by William Stahl Of Evanston.
Ill.,, in his efforts to facilitate the
growth of vegetables and grain by the
use Of electricity. He has a network
of wires spread over his farm at a
point about eight feet from the surface,
and after the seeds have been planted
a current of electricity is maintained
constantly passing through these, and
In this manner the air is kept In
constantly charged condition. At times
the polarity Of the wires and ground
is changed, so that sometimes the
earth is the negative terminal and at
other times the wires are. Specimens
grown almost side BY side, except
that some were in the field Of electric
influence and others were not, have
made great showing in favor of the
use of the current The gentleman Is
an electrician as we'll as farmer, and
he is convinced that electrical farming
is commercial and practical success
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-12-13
MARK OLD MISSOURI TRAIL.
Woman Drive. First Stake to Show

Woman Drives First Stake to Show
Way Pioneers Travelled.
st. Louis, Mo.-Mrs. John N. Booth,
chairman of the old trails committee
Of the Daughters of the American Rev
olution. drove the first of the stakes
that are to mark the old trail from st.
Louis to Kansas City.
This trail was travelled by pioneers
who went overland to Independence,
Mo-, near Kansas City. and there join
ed the great caravans Of home seekers
that followed the Oregon trail to the
northwest or the Santa Fe trail to the
southwest "a.
Other stakes were driven in the city
and st. Louis county. and in October
they are to be replaced with concrete
markers.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-12-13
ESCAPE FROM NEW JAIL.
Boys Use Saw and Leave a Friendly
Note For the Sheriff.

Boys Use Saw and Leave a Friendly
Note For the Sheriff.
Macon, Mo.-Robert Zoll, twenty
two years old, and Alvin Mueller.
nineteen, awaiting trial for robbing
preachers residence, sawed through
the steel wall Of their cell at night
and escaped to the woods.
A sherifr's posse surrounded and ex-
plored the woods, but did not find the
fugitives. Zoll had made a written
confession. In the morning this note
was found in the vacant cell:
Dear Sheriff Holvey-Best regards to
you and your family. AS we intend to
lead an honest, upright life we decided
that 1t would be necessary to get away
from evil associates in JAIL Your friends,
BOB AND ALVIN
The Macon Jail is a new $4,000
structure and was supposed to be alb
solutely proof against escape.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-12-13

what is sauce for the goose is
sauce for the gander." One of the
strongest arguments used in favor of
female suffrage is: ttWomen should
have the ballot for their own protec-
ton Granted. But how about the
black men in the Southern states who
are deprived of the ballot by the
grandfather clause" or some other
equally outrageous and unAmerican
subterfuge? Do they not need protec-
ton?
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-12-13
Monkey Wrench Pipe Cutter.


Sometimes in the repair of gasoline
engines or automobiles it Is necessary
to fit new piping The usual method
OF cutting is with a hacksaw, which in
wolves considerable labor. A simple
tube cutter and one that is inexpensive
and made elsily consists of an or.
dilars monkey wrench to which cut.
zters are fitted These steel disks can
lie obtained at any hardware store for
n few cents. 4 small hole is bored
through each jaw Of the wrench and a
stove bolt passed through the disk and
.tightened A little space should be al
lowed for the latter to turn. To cut
different sizes Of pipe it is necessary
simply to adjust the jaws.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-12-13
MOVES HIS HoUsE % MILES.
stumpf and His Workmen Live In Il
During the Journey.


During the Journey.
Winsted. Conn. George Stumpf
moved his house, 10 by 30 foot frame
affair Of three rooms, from North Hart.
land to Hall Meadow, "a distance of
twenty three miles. without breaking
anything in the dwelling.
3 While the habitation was in transit
Stumpf and his men, who did the NOV
ing with the aid of horses, had their
meals in the house, and at night they
gathered about the kitchen stove,
popped corn, smoked. read newspapers
and snapped stories before going to
bed.
- Five years ago Stumpf and his men
moved the same house from Hunting
ton. Mass, to North Hartland. where
he was in the lumber business.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-12-13
.PEDDLER LEAVES FORTUNE.
$4,000 Goes to Religious Charities.
Rest to Folks.

( ( + T. 3 S r =
Minneapolis, Mimi Edgar Allen
Sloane, wandering tinsmith. who
had made his headquarters for the last
ten years in Minneapolis. has been
buried at Lisbon, N D.. where sew
eral months ago he chose spot as his
final resting place. A will left by
Sloane directs that the First Baptist
church Of Minneapolis shall receive
$4,000 OF his estate. that $4,000 shall
go to theological school in Manitoba
and that relatives in the east shall re-
ceive the rest.
Sloane, who was known because of
his desire to roam about the country.
was believed to be a poor man. He
met death recently under the wheels Of
train at Beaumont. Cal.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-12-13

Would you think that $4,000, 900
worth of toys have been made in this
:count.s, or will be made before this
yer is out, and ;9,ooO,OoO will be i'm
po<.ed? That's what is claimed as
the record breaker for the year.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-12-13

Mrs. Emmaline Pankhurst is hav-
ing a tough time since her return to
dear old Lunnon and she will, very
likely, have to separate herself from
many of the 100000 of American
money she accumulated during her
short stay in this country before her
troubles cease.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-12-13

The employers of the United King
dom are forming new union and pro-
pose to raise guarantee fund of ST.
$780, 900 in order to protect themselves
against strike movements by the trade
unions and other labor organizations.
Certainly a good move for the biggest
trust on earth is the labor union as
it now is.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-12-13

Minnesota's junior United States
Senator, Moses E. Clapp, is all right.
In a speech before the National
Woman Suffrage Association in Wash
ington Thursday he said: God never
intended any race to be subservient
to another No more did He intend
one sex to be in political or economic
bondage to another" We are willing
to accept the entire statement just as
it stands.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-12-13
TEN TONS OF. PLAYING CARDS.
Shipments Of Nearly 100000 Packs Go
g to the Orient.

Shipments Of Nearly 100000 Packs Go
to the Orient.
Seattle. Wash.-Ten tons Of playing
cards. approximately $4,000 decks,
were among the shipments taken
aboard the japanese steamship Tamba
Maru of the Niphon Yusen Kaisha,
loaded here for ports in the orient.
The cards arrived from the east by
train few days ago. They are for
Macao China. the Monte Carlo of the
orient, situated forty miles from the
island Of Hongkong on the mainland.
near the mouth of the Pearl or Canton.
river
It is the gambling resort Of the deni-.
zens Of the British colony.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-12-13

The Richmond Planet In its last is.
sue tells the plain, unvarnished truth
about the oft suggested idea Of
@colored daily newspaper and shows
just why It cannot be done.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-12-13

The American Medical Association
has sent out warning that the tango
and other modern dances are dam
gerous to health and morals. Well
bet cookie that they viii keep on
dancing them just the same and take
chances.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-12-13
Mans Preferences.

. woman lecturing on eugenics In
Cleveland said: 81
1T Is q good thing for the human
race that beauty counts for more than.
intellect when It comes to love. Intel
7iect too often means nerves. insomnia.
hyp0chondria.
s Yes: u e good thing for the hu-
man race that. as an old maid from
Vassar put Il rather bitterly:
. Men prefer . well formed girl 10 q
Vol Informed one New Fork Trib
una
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-12-13

-Four of the white men who mobbed
and shot to death an Afro-American
at Greeley, Iowa, a couple of weeks
ago nave been arrested and charged
with murder-of which they unques-
tionably are guilty-Whether their
punishment will fit the crime remains
to be seen.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-12-13
Glass POLISHING Powder.

a preparation in powder form which
may be used to clean or polish the
surface of fine glass, such as costly
mirrors. etc. may be made by rubbing
calcined magnesia down with pure
sbenzine This must be continued until
the mass formed is sufficiently soft to
allow drops of liquid to be pressed out
of it. Since the benzine is SO very
volatile the mixture must be kept in
closely stoppered bottles. preferably
those employing ground glass. To use
a little is placed on a wad Of cotton or
soft rag and the glass rubbed with It.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-12-13
Burn watchdou With Acid.

Middletown, N. when negroes
attempted to rob the henhouses OF W..
f. Popple at Monroe they were
frightened away by an Irish terrier be-
longing to Henry Wellington Wack.
The dogs paws have now been ruined,
with virulent acid. A big reward has
been offered for the conviction of the
guilty.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-12-13
SUCK POISON; SAVE GIRLS.
Women Draw Virus From Wounds o.
Children Bitten by Dog.


Children Bitten by Dog.
Rochester. N. Y. Elsie Parish,
writer Of verse for children, and Mrs.
Willing Sterling of Pittsford took he
roic measures to save the lives of two
little girls that had been bitten by a
dog that was suffering from rabies.
They applied their lips to the wounds
on the little ones and drew much OF
the virus from the flesh, but apparent
~ took part of the poison into their
own systems. They became SO i'll that
DR.. Q. G. Comfort telegraphed to Cor
nell university for hydrophobia serum.
1t is believed that all four will recover.
but DR.. Comfort will take no chances
and will have them all inoculated.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-12-13
CANNON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

= 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;
it's 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 the country
EXPENSES AND AID.
Tuition and room rent are iree The
apartments for students are plainly fur
nlshed. Good board can be had for sever
dollars per month Buildings heated by
steam.
A I from loans without interest ana
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,
.-.z- h H. 49, Atlanta, Georgia.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-12-13
&ha111 MntuprBitu

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
thrty.two consecutive weeks. The charges are
moderate. Catalogues furnished upon application.
Address THE PRESIDENT
Shaw University, Raleigh. N. C.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-12-13
HOWARD UNIVERSITY

WILBUR II. TnIRKIELD. President.
Warrington ID. G.
The Goegeof Arts and ScenceaKz1IY M4ER NJ, Dean.
The Acaderny.GaoReR ] CUndnnNes, a. NJ. Dean.
The Commercial College-GEoRGE A, M. Dean.
School of Manual Arts and Applied Science
PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS
The School of Theoogy-IsAAc CLARK, d. Dean
The School of Medicine: Medical,
coileges-EDwARD O. BAILocH, NJ. D. Dean.
The School of Dean
For Catalogue and Special
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-12-13

In the Black Belt of Alabama where the
blacks outnumber the whites three to one.
ENROLMENT AND FACULTY.
Over 1,5o0 students, more than 100 in
structOrS. -t7c 80 - -
COURSE OF STUDY.
English education combined with in
1ustrlal training; % industries in constant
operation. :.
VALUE OF PROPERTY.
Property consisting of 1880 acres Of
'and. lob buildings almost wholly built
with student labor is valued at 81, 25O, 900.
IND no mortgage. 80
NEEDS.
$50 annually for the education of each
STUDENT; ($200 enables one to finish the
course: $1,000 creates permanent scholar
snip. Students pay their own board ID
cash and labor.) Money in any amount
for current expenses and building.
Besides the work done by graduates as
lass room and industrial leaders
thousands are reached through the Tus>
.kegee Negro Conference.
Tuskegee is 40 miles east of Mont
yomery and 1876 miles west of Atlanta, OF
the Western Railroad of Alabama.
Fuskegee is a quiet, beautiful old
southern town, and is an ideal place foy
study. The climate is at all times milo
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-12-13

Suaton Hahal Location The Best Moral
Envronment.A Splendid intellectual Atmospheric
Offers
High School, Grammar andIn dust -.'
water steam heat electric lights good
oPens
Z .~Ao011vA ~ -. c1eOFANAnAN. Knoxville.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-12-13
Eittfnltl :JnHtitntp
JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI

Founded by the Soldiers Of the sgd and e5th
Regiments Of the q. s. Colored Infantry.
Supported by the State Of Missouri. Has
Normal, Collegiate, Agricultural. Mechanical and
Industrial Courses Buildings and equipment
unsurpassed Thirty teachers representing the
best schools of the country Students from all
sections Of the country. For catalogue and fur.
Their information address
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ALLEN,
President
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-12-13
sEuLLEEEE AMI SCHEDULES
,wles Building. Boys, Han. Stone Hall
ATLANTA UNIVERSITY.

Beautifully Atlanta, Of
training
have been completed Students all the
almost universally successful
address President EDWARD e. WARE. Atlanta,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-12-13
TUSkEGEE
Normal and Industrial Institute
LOCATION.
0~N6066y NIA6AmAs
uncorporated.)
WARREN LOGAN, Treasurer.
excellent winter resort

7HoS11CI1I W11IVcI T6SUFt.
LOCATION.
Organized July 4, 1881. by the State
n ,oegis ia asnThe Tuskegee State Nor
nal school Exempt from taxation.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, Principal
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-12-13
THE APPEAL
ANationaI Afro-American Newspaper
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BIZ
J. Q ADAMS, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER

40 e. 4th Street, st. Paul Aiaa.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-11-21
FEARMSIDE. E.BROWN
WEDDING PARTY.

The marriage of Henry M. Fearn-
Side of this city and Miss June Brown
Of Hastings was solemnized last Tues
day night at the home of the brides
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. J. Brown of
Of the latter place.
1t was just such beautiful cere-
mony and attendant reception as you
would expect young people of refined
tastes and their social connections
would have. Sixteen automobiles
loaded with young friends of both
the bride and groom went from this
city Others went by train. Fully
two hundred guests were present.
The Brown residence was resplendent
in light and flowers and decorations
that fascinate
The ladies were beautifully, royalty
goWned.
The ceremony occurred at 1880 and
the bridal party was attended at the
service by Miss Blanch Brown, sis
ter Of the bride, as maid-of- honor,
and Mr., Frank J. Fearnside Jr., cous-
in of the groom as best man. There
was hush as the party approached
the officiating clergyman, Rev. P. @.
Cason of the Palatka Baptist church,
who voiced the service most impress
sively. Following were happy con-
gratulations. Then the wedding feast
and punch served later on the spa
cious porch, and pleasant inter-
course of an hour or more and the
party broke up. 1t was ast de-
lightful home wedding of Y sort that
is due young people who are to begin
married life under the advantages
of a popular benediction.
The presents were on display and
such a display. There was silver ga
lore and everything else that the
hearts of bride and groom could
wish. A big chest of silver was the
gift of the Palatka Elks. Perhaps
the most useful present there was
check for 100000 with the
name of R. S. Bunting signed to it.
Mr.. Bunting is the uncle of the groom
and one of the men of wealth and in
tluence in Madison.
The Palatka guests left for home
about 9:30. Mr.. and Mrs. Fearnside
came to the city the same night and
early the following morning left for
a brief trip to Madison, Fla.
Among the out-of town guests were
Mrs. R. S. Bunting and Miss Fearn-
side of Madison. aunts of the groom
and Mrs. B. B. Mccall, his sister, from
the same place.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-11-21
County Fair Progress.

All is smoothing down on the county
fair proposition and the men in charge
are going ahead with the program
and tell us it will be great. The mer
who put up the money for the fair
are willing to kiss it good bye if
needs be, and will not ask the county
to do anything more than they ex-
pect to do. If the County gives the
money promised, it will be with the
understanding that it is to share its
pro rata in the loss, or in the gains
But don't forget that Putnam is to
have a good county fair. 1t is the
next thing all should pull for.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-11-21
GREAT INLAND WATERWAYS
CONVENTION "A SUCCESS.
MEN OF NATIONAL PROMINENCE DISCUSS and URGE
PRACTICABILITY OF GREAT INTRA- COASTAL WATER
WAYS PLAN
Well
Makes Lasting Friendship.
Florida Peculiarly Blessed

"Florida is peculiarly blessed
by rivers, harbors, lakes, bays,
bayous and sounds which only
need to be connected up by easy
and inexpensive means.
"The South Atlantic and Gulf
States have been given by ma
ture wonderful waters which can
be readily joined so as to furnish
thousands of miles for naviga-
tion, by every kind of craft. 1t
is our duty to improve and util-
ize these facilities. Senator D.
U. Fletcher.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-11-21
PUTNAM COUNTY
Farmers GATHER
In Convention in this City
Saturday to Hear OF
Rural Credits.

Several hundred of the leading far
mers of Putnam and adjoining coun-
ties gathered in convention in this
city last Saturday.
The call had been issued by the Pa
latka board Of trade and it was the
first gathering Of the kind held IL
this country for the purpose of dis
cussing and inaugurating campaign
among the people which it is expect.
ed will result in establishing a Sys.
TEN of Farm Mortgage banks
throughout the United States anC
otherwise establishing a system
rural credits such as are in vogue il
the older countries of the civilized
world.
The Palatka convention was exceed
ing fortunate in that it had as it!
leading speaker the one man whose
investigation of the subject has made
him the leader of the movement il
the United States-U. S. Senator D
U. Fletcher.
Senator Fletcher is the president
the Southern Commercial Congress
an organization which launched tht
movement, and also president of tht
commission representing thirty-si,
States, which spent the past summe
n investigating rural credits in Eu
rope.
Not only was the Palatka conven
ton fortunate in having Senate
Fletcher, but doubly fortunate in hav
ng Col. J. H. Won Engelken, Florida.
representative on that commission
and the man who prepared the frs
documentary report of the commits
iion's Investigations, and which re
port has been printed and sent broad
cast over the United States by the
government.
The convention was called to ordel
n the Putnam County Circuit Cour
room at p. M, by President How
ell A. Davis Of the board of trade
who made brief but appropriate
introductions. The big court rQon
was crowded. Every available sea
was occupied and men were lined u
against the walls and in Railways.
The first speaker was Col. Won En-
gelken. He has an easy manner am
MS address was filled with interes
N that it told of conditions in the oil
i0uhtTy among farmers. Col; Vo
EngelEen while IN Germany brok
loose from the commission and wen
on personal tour OF lnVesugauo
among the farmers lie speaks thel
language and ne VISITED IN the
oomes, broke bread with them an
Stoie MS way INTO their conhden(
with MID ana gentle sympathy thS
orushed ASIDE all reserve. AS a con
sequence ne gathered facts at tr
nahd ana discarded theofles. 1t VIZ
ms KnoWieage gained from person
: contact that gave an added intere
% ms talk ana maze the address
Col' Won EhgelKeh memoraole' t
was rouhuiy = iapplauued;
ne was loiloWea py senator fletc
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-11-21

Athletic club, the newspapers of Pa
latka, the citizens, automobile own
ers, the Woman's Club, and every
body for good time. Howell A..
Davis was chairman of the resolu-
tions committee and another Putnam
county man to be honored with a
place on it was B. F, Tillinghast of
Crescent City.
1t was a great convention-great in
its possibilities for commercial ad-
vancement in Florida and the south;
great in its make up of mastery
minds, great in its future influence
for the advancement of Palatka
Come Again.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-11-21

The first social affair given by the
Palatka Women's Club was recep,
ton held at the Putnam House, Tues.
day afternoon, to its members, friends
and visiting ladies attending the In.
land Waterways Convention.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-11-21
Misunderstanding Service.

The Union Thanksgiving Service
of the protestant churches of Pa
latka will be held in the Methodist
Episcopal church Thursday, Novem-
Der 9th, at 1880 a. m. The ser
mon will be preached by the Rev.
p. Q. Cason, pastor of the Baptist
church. 1t is hoped that all Chris
tian people will honor God and the
day by worshiping together at this
service.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-11-21

The first meeting of The Music
Glass of the WOman's Club will be
held on next Wednesday morning
November 26, at 10 o'clock at the
home of Mrs. j. E. Lucas. The sub
iect of this meeting is American
Folk Song, and later American Com
posers. All who belong to this de-
partment of the club are urged to
attend this first meeting, and new
members are invited to attend.