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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-11-14
1.-THE POWER OF AGITATION"

THE APPEAL is always pleased to
read in the columns of. its Southern
Afro-American contemporaries editor.
ials which may serve to inspire the
race to always protest against wrong.
In the article which follows, Mrs. Mag.
gle -. Walker, the banker editor of
St. Luke Herald, Richmond, Virginia,
truly says, when the spirit and pow
er Of agitation die among a people,
they are doomed beyond all hope of
resuscitation and redemption
THE POWER OF AGITATION.
The greatest power on earth for the
righting Of wrongs, is the power of
agitation. When the spirit and power
of agitation die among a people, they
are doomed beyond all hope of resus-
citation and redemption. So important
is the power, that it is guaranteed to
the people through the mandates Of
the Constitution of the United States.
The colored man is not an agltator,
nor has he ever been. 1t has dinned
into his ears until it has reached his
very soul, that all he has to do toward
righting his wrongs, is to wait until
the Lord himself shall see fit to come
down and right them. The idea OF
peaceably assembling and making in
telligent and persistent protest against
outrage and wrong seems foreign to
him. Or, should he start an agitation
and is rebuffed at the start, he loses
heart, abandons the effort and gives up
like a disappointed child.
It Is the agitation Of the waters of
the sea, which prevents stagnation
and death. 1t is the agitation of the
air which gives pure air to breathe.
It is the agitation of the blood, which
gives us the power of motion and life,
and it is the agitation of thoughts and
ideas which prevents brain stagnation
and mental death. When people lose
that interest in themselves, to that
extent that they stand supinely by,
quietly submitting to wrong, without
protest, they have reached the danger
point in race progress development.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-11-14
BY REV. QUINCY EWING.

But we are very far from needing
to rely upon any general consideration
in support of the proposition advanced
above. It is supported by evidences
on every hand, waiting only the eye
of recognition. Scarcely a day passes
but something is said or done with this
end in view, to emphasize, lest they
forget, the conviction for both white
man and Negro that the latter is and
must remain an inferior. Let me in.
stance few such evidences.
Consider, first, the "Jim Crow" legis.
lation in the manner of it's enforce.
ment. Such legislation is supposed to
have for its object the separation OF
the races in trains, street cars, etc., to
save the white people from occasional
contact with drunken, rowdy, illsmell
ing Negroes, and to prevent personal
encounters between the whites and
blacks. Members of the different
races occupy the same cars, separated
only by absurdly inadequate little
open-mesh wire screens, so tiny and
light that conductor can move them
from one seat to another with the
strength of his little finger. Needless
to add, these screens would serve to
obscure neither sound, sight, nor smell
OF drunken rowdies who sat behind
them! In summer cars, black and
white passengers may be separated
not even by a make-believe screen
they are simply required, respectively
to occupy certain seats in the front
or the back end of the cars.
In Birmingham, Alabama, the front
seats are assigned to Negroes in all
closed cars, and the back seats in all
open ones. Why the front seats in the
one case, and the back seats in the
other, it is not easy to understand in
the light Of the letter and alleged
spirit of the Jim Crow law! The un
DERIVING purpose Of the law is clearly
not the separation Of the races in
space; for public sentiment does not
insist upon it's fulfllment to that end
The underlying purpose of it would
seem to be the separation Of the races
in status. The doctrine Of inequality
would be attacked if white and black
passengers rode in public conveyances
on equal terms; therefore the Negro
who rides in a public conveyance
must do so, not as of undoubted right
but as with the white mans regula.
ton. "This place you may occupy,
that other you may not, because | am
! and you are you, lest to you or to me
it should be obscured that am | and
you are you" Such is the real spirit
of the Jim Crow laws.
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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-11-14
FIGHTING FOR THE BALLOT
(St. Luke Herald, Richmond. Val

me Congressional Union, the white
womens national suffrage organiza-
tlon' is out on the war path against
every democratic congressman in the
nine states in the West in which
women vote. The Congressional Union
mas headquarters in Chicago, and is
using every possible political effort to
get the scalp of every democrat who
ballot.
Everybody seems to understand the
power of the ballot except the colored
people. We need but little here be.
low, and we don't need that little long
Other folks need all they can get. and
need it as long as they can pet it.
but we don't.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-11-14
SATURDAY, NOV. ID, 1914.
THE ANT,sEGREGATioN PRO

THE ANTi-sEGREGATioN PRO.
TEST.
According to the Associated Press
dispatches of Thursday:
president Wilson, while receiving
a delegation of Colored men who came
to the White House to protest against
segregating the races in government
departments, objected to the tone
adopted by their spokesman, w. M.
Trotter of Boston, and told the CON-
mittee that if it called on him again
it would have to get new chairman.
The president added he had not been
addressed in such manner since he
entered the White House"
If Mr.. Trotter's manner was such
as to irritate the President he certain
ly made a grave mistake. Mr.. Wilson
is head of great nation and his Office
should be respected. Any individual
ought to be more careful of his man
ner when addressing the President of
the United States than if he was
speaking to an ordinary individual.
The President should be approached
with logical argument and not over
heated discussion. There are however
two sides to the question. Perhaps
the President himself was somewhat
irritated because of the persistence
of the delegation in trying to secure an
audience and the further knowledge
that the colored people had registered
their protest against the Democratic
party in the recent elections.
The dispatch says further:
president Wilson replied he had in
vestigated the question and had been
assured there was no discrimination
in the comforts and surroundings
given to the colored people. He added
he had been informed by officials that
the segregation had been undertaken
to avoid friction between the races
and not with the object of injuring the
colored people. The president said he
was deeply interested in the race and
greatly admired its progress. He de-
clared the interests of the colored
race would best be served by complete
independence of white people and that
he felt the white race was willing to
do everything possible to assist them. .
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-11-14
Silence 10 Infamous.

Possibly the worst thing permitted
to go on and work injury to Negroes,
has been the silence of Negro speak
ers in the face of the Infamous lies
Ben. Tillman, Vardaman, Blease and
others have been telling the North and
West about Negroes raping white
women. By all means they should
have been rebuked and their state
ments proven lies, but as it is, both
sections believe it. Shame on the In.
telligent men and women Of our race
who allow these base calumniators to
SANDER us.-Pioner Press, Martins
burg, W. VI.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-11-14
Silver Moon Hotel and Cafe.

Mr.. Lee johnson who has had years.
OF experience in catering to the inner
man Is now the manager of the Silver
Noon Hotel and Cafe, No. E. Thir,
street, near Walasha. The place is
nicely fitted up With all that pertains
to hotel and cafe. He has IA bed
rooms, large public dining room, pri-
vate dining room for ladies, the blue
room" everything in first class order
to take care of the most fastidious.
He serves regular dinner from u
m. to p. m. at Is cents. Meals to
order at all hours for moderate prices.
Open all night. No E. Third st.,
up stairs. Tel, Cedar 1889.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-11-14
"MADE IN U. S. A."

Senator Fletcher Of Florida, chair
man of the senate committee on COM
merce, favorably reported the follow
ing resolution, which had been SUBJ
mitted by Senator Weeks OF Massa'
chusetts:
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-11-14

THROUGH THE WHITE AND DRIFTEu
SNOW"
Over the river and through the wood
Trot fast. my dapple gray!
Spring over the ground
Like hunting hound,
For this Is Thanksgiving day!
Over the river and through the wood
And straight through the barnyard gate
We seem to go
Extremely slow
1t is 80 hard to wait!
Over the river and through the wosd-
Now grandmother's cap l spy!
Hurrah for the fun!
IL the pudding done7
Hurrah for the pumpkin pie!
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-11-14
The SIN OF SILENCE

To sin by silence when we should
protest makes towards out Of men.
The human race has climbed on pro-
test. Had no voice been raised against
injustice, ignorance and lust, tho in
QUESTION yet would serve the law, and
guiIIotines decide our least disnutes.
The few who dare must speak and
speak again to right the wrongs Of
many.-Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-11-14
THANKSGIVING At
THE WHITE HOUSE

ALL to the chief!' That par
tcular line of the patriotic
H hymn certainly applies at
this season to the national
bird-the turkey. and not the eagle.
From the sun kissed sands Of the gulf
to the snow clad mountain crests Of
Alaska. from the burning deserts of
Arizona to the bleak. storm washed
rocks Of Maine. the turkey is king.
Millions of Americans will pay him
tribute. On the plain dinner table of
the farmhouse. on the silver laden
board Of the city banker. in the cabin.
in the mines and cars whirling along
their tracks Of steel, beneath the glow
Of electric lights and the sounds Of
music floating from behind palms or
with the CLEAN of the tallow dip, the
sovereign IS the same. proudly resting
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-11-14
Russians and Americans Alike.
NASHVILLE GlobeO

1t will be "commendable event in
the march of civilization" If the war
brings freedom to the Jews in Russia
, put we rear the Russians are wholly
IKE tnelr cousins, aunts and uncles in
america and will, after the war, drop
PACK into the time-worn habit of see.
ing around the beam in their own
eye the mote in their neighbor's.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-11-14
Superiors Never Burn Interiors
portland Advocate,)

portland Advocate.)
A superior race will not lynch and
burn an inferior race simply because
they have the power. Terrible crimes
and brutalities will not be permitted
against human beings by a superior
race and then seek to find ease and
peace for an injured conscience simp-
~ on the basis of color.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-11-14
Employees Who Get BY.
(ChicagO Defender)

That our men and women are su-
perior in every way to the average
wage Garner found in these stores is
without question, but worth doesn't
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-11-14

count when prejudice steps in, so we
must fight fire with fire, and those that
are able to "get by" peace be with
them and it is our duty not to hinder
them in any way.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-11-14
AN OLD THANKS
GIVING fAv0R|TE
BY LYDIA MARIA CHILD.

YER the river and through the wood
" To grandfather's house we go.
The. horse knows the way
To carry the sleigh
Through the white and drifted snow
Over the river and through the wood
Oh. how the wind does blow!
1t stings the toes
And bites the nose
As over the ground we go.
Over the river and through the wood
To have first rate play.
Hear the bells ring,
"Ting-a-ling ding!"
Hurrah for Thanksgiving day!
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-11-14
Truman NATURES FOULEST BLOT"

My ear is panied
My soul is sick with every days report
Of wrong and outrage with which earth is filed
There is no flesh in mans obdurate heart.
It does not feel for man: the natural bond
OF brotherhood is severed as the flax
That falls asunder at the touch of fire.
He finds his fellow guilty of skin
Not colored like his own: and having power
To enforce the wrong for such worthy cause
Do0ms and dev0tes him as his lawful prey.
Thus man devotes his brother, and destroys:
IT'S human natures broadest foulest blot.
-Cowper
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-11-14
What Segregation Means
Rev. Quincy Ewing Southern Caucasian Reared in
Mississippi Shows the Policy of the South Keep
the AfroAmercan in Inferior Status.

Why is it that in every Southern
city no Negro is allowed to witness
dramatic performance, or a baseball
game, from first-class seat? In
every large city, there are hundreds of
Negroes who would gladly pay for
first-class seats at the theatre and the
baseball game, were they permitted to.
1t can hardly be that permission is
withheld because theatres and base.
ball games are so we'll attended by
half the population that first-class
seats could not be furnished for the
other half. AS matter of fact, thea
tre-auditoriums and baseball grand.
stands are seldom crowded; the rule
is, not all first-class seats occupied,
put many vacant Surely as simple as
moving from seat to seat a makeshift
screen In street-car, would it be to
set apart a certain number of seats
IN the dress.circle Of every theatre.
and in the grandstand of every base
ball park, for Negro patrons. The rea-
son why this is not done, is perfectly
obvious; it would be intolerable to the
average Southern man or woman to
sit through the hours of a theatrical
performance or baseball game on
terms OF equal accommodation with
Negroes, even with a screen between.
Negroes would look out of place, out
OF status, in the dress circle or the
grandstand; their place, signifying
their status, is the peanut-gallery, or
the bleachers.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-11-14

Consider further that, while no Ne.
gro, no matter what his occupation, or
personal refinement, or intellectual
culture, or moral character, is allowed
to trave in a pullman car between
state lines, or to enter as a guest a no.
tel patronized by white people, the
blacklist of Negro nurses and Wallets
are given food and shelter in all first.
class hotels, and occasion neither dis.
gust nor surprise in the Pullman cars.
Here again the heart of the race prob.
lem is laid bare. The black nurse with
a white baby in her arms, the black
valet looking after the comfort of a
white invalid, have the label of their
lnferiority conspicuousIy upon them;
they understand themselves, and
everybody understand them, to be ser.
wants, enjoying certain privileges for
the sake Of the person served. Almost
anything the Negro may do in the
South, and anywhere he may 20. bro.
vided the manner of his doing and his
going is that Of an inferior. Such is
the premium put upon his inferiority:
such his inducement to MAINTAIN it.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-11-14
THE APPEAL

ST. PAUL OFFICE
No. 1886 Union Block, 40 E. 4th St..
J. @. ADAMS, Manager.
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-03-01
CITIZENS ARE INTERVIEWED. ]. .,,m !.
.lN.IHE COMMISSION FORM FORM


W. l.. Brissey.--We tried ths seo6nm COM
mission form in the management OF
the Chamber. of Commerce last year
and 1t proved great success. We
were able to handle situations which
no one man as president could have
met. have had the good fortune. to
visit several cities where this form
iof government is in existence, ana /
am told everywhere that the people
would not give 1t up for anything.
That is endorsement enough for me.
Having been a green member of the
council myself once, know just how
useless they are, and this thing OF
breaking in new lot every two years
Is Injurious to the best interestsk of,
the city, No big mercRHtile' estab-
ltshment In Anderson would. change
management every two or four years.
Why should the city?s sonahEl4 :.
Capt. John r. Anderson, Superin.
tendent of the Blue Ridge Railway
The commission form otS,government
is the only way to run ahSdlty prop
erly. I am heartily in favor of It. 1t
Is the only way TO- run any business.
So far aA my inform atloIi ,ie concerned
and $50 far as I$hAsa srhada on it, this
is the business way to run any city.
j. n. Padgett.-I believe that the
principle of commission form OF gov
ernment is good and believe, from
what FL know OF il ,that it would DC
O good step for Anderson to take.
u. NJ Heard.--I always have been
In favor OF the commission form of
government and ] still am. believe
1t would be the best thing that ever
happened for the town and you can
certainly count me in.
j. ID. Rasts---I consider that the
commission form of government Is the
only solution OF the problems that
confront Andersen and smaller towns,
as we'll as some o. the larger. am
certaillyi an advocate of the commits
sion form OF government.
w. IL. HaFrisOn.--I have hardly
given the matter any serious consid-
,eratipn,. i. but Il woisld sayStoff NhHhd that
Anderson Is ton AInau for, tho commits
sion form Of &oSsrnment I'd be work
ed Sucaessful lly,5niIa bHlieFe that IL
might be, "A good sae4 4eme for q larger
town but at present l do not believe
!ti-wouid pay, ateFs9RIto Etzg'it 1t
is TOO. eHpensiHe. lhaaoIy, eas, i
E.yg. TFnmmsl.Ty-Iy think a change
o fsomes sort, is necessary and IL COM
mission form Of government viii bet
ter things / am for 1t.
A. w. Kay don't know very much
about how the commission form of
government works, but do know
that the municipality ought to be TAX
en- out of politics and Ii the commits
sion form of government will accom-
plish this end, am an advocate for
It.
r. w. Tribble.--The matter has
been presented to me and I could
hardly give an intelligent statement
1zlssz..la hssfs FROM ,,.ho .
! hear concerning other tsshs nm
der this, aystem and from my obser-
talnsd believe that e wonld be a
other tcysNs and e!sies aean aiso, be.
done ID Anderson o,s - -
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-03-01
COMMISSION FORM
.HIGHLY COMMENDED
Cf4ES THAT HAVE TRIED ARE DELIGHTED AND SAY 1T
WILL SUIT ANDERSON-NlININfIZES WASTE, CENTERS.
RESPONSIBILITY, ELIMINATES WARD POLITICS.
Editor The Intelligencer:

Editor The
form of
for the foEa9lng
a city yanar souof ppitics
Second-t on bus basis
,Thd makes
Fourth-Falure to recall
FfftlThe from the
possibly mayor and two
sufic
PAUL v. MOORE, Secretary Chamber oC Commerce
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-03-01
Those Who Have Inquired Into Il
i, Are Prepared to Accept 1t
for Anderson.

There has been q great deSi Of tall
for the last few months with refer
ence to the so-called commission form
Of government. The. time has never
seemed just right for the presentation
OF the subject, for there was always
something else to be done. But the
annuala meeting of the Chamber OF
Commerce Is over, the Christmas holi.
days ,hnve gone, and there appears
nothing immediately ahead to inter
fsfe with n study of and discussion
'Of thiM question In its RESPECTIVE
phases.
A reporter fer The Intelligencer set
out Saturday to see Yeome of the busi-
pSsA on of 5ithe gcity with reference
TO thStniatter to learn their views,
and some have pronounced and de-
cided views while others are in a
general way,in favor Of progress. and
progress in other cities seems to- bS
represented by the commission form
of government. Being a rainy day,
not very many could be seen Saturday,
but the following are some OF the-ex-
pressi6Hs heard, !-r,,s ~, q
Mayor lee G. Holleman.-I am un-
quanfihdly- In favor of this plan and
Anuerson, as declared In an inter
view some time ago. ~
Alderman L. T.. ElmOre.-I have al.
ways been In favor of the plan, and
also of municipal ownership. of pub.
lie-nalitiss 1t is the very thing for
Anderson SaH-we can get It. under!
stand there is some general law un-
der khistS Saprtan bprg and Orageburg
vot6d NtAn, but OF course special leg
islation at this session fGthe general
essFaipblK sis ont Of thei question.
r. 'Vandiyer, cashierstDf the Ear.
ntsfstaJid merchants Bahk Columbia
seethsA to thrive under 1t. and the
people there tell me they like II fine,
am YiliinG to try 1t Tor Anderson,
Ny, riiHtlo has been when a man
works for you, put him on the pay
soiL'alI Believe It !wo1id be e good
piap @Ft Anderson. is tx
5iaAleitsh,0 Evansa--I annssure 1t is a
good thing. have been sehdeayoring
to stnayfnp on it, and by observing
the way. the city nf Columbia has gone
forWardssI am sure that it Is q seasi-
BILE plsn for any city. am greatly
imnFeseed with what have read Of
t. s5s
fAAia Alexnnders--I dent know
eho6gh about 1t to express an opin-
ion, but those who know anything
about II say that 1t is the thing we
neef Any idea of what the city needs
Is an apartment house or so and a
great many small houses 10 rent ioF
homes. We Just can't take care of the
people <oliins lie ~ .i.,,, .I. 4,,.
y. Rlaif Cray ten Pus me down for
anything for the progress Sf the city,
q am for, " Yhaseyar Is .be ter, Cor, AN,
lnaaE...... u - u. "