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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-12-19

proper use of that which we have, less
thought of additional rights, we deem
1t a privilege to be American citizens.
AS for the Elks our faith is firm.
Since the beginning of time the prob
lem of mortality has been the riddle,
men have always asked does life end
with the grave? Faith teaches us
that this cannot be so, for God did
not create man nor the world for
destruction. Faith teaches that the
grave is the portal of life eternal. We
who are here may doubt this, but our
departed brothers know. That which
is incomprehensible. to JUS is plain. to
them of yesterday. We meet our
brothers with the warm hand of friend
ship today, tomorrow they are gone,
they have crossed the river and are
with the Grand Exalted Ruler of
Heaven and Earth. Faith tells us
they have entered upon immortal life,
it is right and proper that we should
cherish the memories of those who
have left us and have gone to join the
big Lodge above, but it is more i'm
portant for US to make the lives of
those who are left behind more peace
full and happy. 1t is fine custom to
lay flowers on the caskets of the de-
parted but it is better to shed little
sunshine among those who are still
with us.
The choir, under the leadership of
Mrs. Addie c. Minor, sang: II viii
Arise: s.-r-- - .-eia, .,,4l.-
Past Exalted Ruler of Ames Lodge,
H. p, Southall was introduced and
pronounced the following:
EUCoGY r..
1t is our aim to teach tie members
of the order to love each other, love
our God, love our homes, to do unto
others as we would have others do
unto us, and respect and reverence
our dead.
. And when our earthly career is done
and we close our eyes in the last
sleep it is the desire of every Elk to
awaken in glorious eternity with
the Exalted Ruler of the Universe in
the Grand Lodge above.
. This day, throughout the land
where Elkdom is known, the members
of this order are assembled in houses
of worship to hold memorial services
for departed brothers.
For the second time during the past
twenty-four months the Almighty God
in his infinite mercy has permitted the
members of Gopher and Ames Lodges
to come into his house with no names
to be called on in vain," no tears of
sorrow to be wiped away and no
eulogies to be offered for departed
brothers.
So to Ames and Gopher, this service
is Thanksgiving rather than a
memorial, but while we return thanks
to the Most Exalted of all Rulers for
his goodness to us we are mindful of
the fact that other lodges have not
been SO blessed, and our hearts are
touched with keenest sympathy for
those who this day are sorrowing over
the memory of some dear departed
Brother.
But since no eulogy need be said for
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the departed of Gopher or Ames to-
night 1t is just and fitting that few
remarks be offered at this time in
comemoration of living Elks.
The members Of our order are very
much misunderstood. 1t has been said
that ours is a "good time" order. II I
interpret the words good time" cor.
rectly. will admit that it is.
If you speak of having a good time,
take 1t, that you mean the time was
pleasantly spent or that you enjoyed
yourself, So 1t is with us, when we
meet our brethren we have a good
time or enjoy ourselves. Wien we
extend the hand of charity to anyone
In distress we enjoy doing so, and let
me say right now, that our order has
never failed to assist in any charitable
work. -
Even now we are planning an i'm
mense Christmas tree in MINNEAPOLIS.
and have extended a general invita-.
ton to all colOred children in the city
to meet with us on Christmas after
noon and Ames Lodge is going to as
slst Santa Claus in disposing of some
OF his gifts to the little ones. We
expect to make two or three hundred
k1ddies happy on that day and incident
ally we are going to have good time,
and this movement was conceived.
promoted and financed by the Elks
Lodge.
1t has also been said that some of
our members are only seen in tie
church when the Elks have a service.
Admit that to be a fact and doesn't
1t readily appear to you that we are
doing a good work, for without us
they would not,acome to church at
all, and when our services become
more frequent in the churches it
means that those members visits will
become more frequent to the churches
and as each Of our members is obliged
to swear before being admitted in our
Order his belief in the existence of a
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CORNER STONE.

OF Union Hall Laid With Appropriate
Ceremonies.
What marks an epoch in the history
of the Afro-Americans of Minnesota
occurred last Sunday in the laying of
the corner stone of Union Hall, cor.
Aurora and Kent streets.
The erection of this building is the
result of years of labor on the part
of the progressive element among us
and it is something of which we all
may be proud. B.
But for the sudden change in the
weather from spring-like to sub-zero,
marred the occasion considerably but
it did not prevent the attendance of
several hundred persons at the hall
and church.
The ceremony of laying the corner
stone was conducted by State Grand
Master, F. and A. NJ, H. J. Shelton
of Duluth, under the auspices of the
Union Hall Association composed of
the members of Perfect Ashlar Lodge
No. 4, F. and A. M. and Mars Lodge
No. 2202 G. U. o. of o. F.
The members of the lodges met at
their lodge rooms and in full regalia
formed splendid parade and marched
to the locality of the hall. The gath
ering was called to order by Grand
Marshal Earnest James, invocation by
Grand Chaplain J. H. Dillingham; and
Grand Master H. J. Shelton proceeded
with the ritualistic Masonic ceremony
for laying a corner stone.
Grand Secretary Geo. L. HOage read
the list of contents deposited in the
box in the stone (Which represented
the skill of a member Of the Order)
as follows: Copy of articles of in
corporation; list of members of Mars
Lodge who had paid their assessments
on the building; list of members in
good standing in Perfect Ashlar Lodge
at that date; copy of THE APPEAL
dated Dec. IL, 1914; various clippings
from newspapers concerning the build
ing; brief history of the building;,
copy Of the program of the day; six
teen coins dated 1914; copy of the
st. Paul Pioneer Press, dated Dec. 10,
1914. Grand Master Shelton conse-
Grated the stone, with corn, wine and
oil, then the parade and the people
repaired to St. James A. M. E. Church
to hear the grand Grafton by w. R.
Morris, Esq, of Minneapolis.
Arriving at the church w. T. Fran
els acted as master of ceremonies and
the following program was carried
out: Invocation, Rev. H. p. Jones;
solo, my Redeemer and My Lord"
Mrs. Mae Black Mason; scripture
reading, Rev. B. N. Murrell; grand
Grafton, w. R. Morris, Esq; solo.
1.-THE Way of Peace" Mrs. Addie Craw
ford-Minor; corner stone address, Rev.
H. P. Jones; offering; Mrs. T. E.
Franklin presented $40 on behalf of
the Juveniles. Benediction, Rev.
Stovall, Minneapolis.
There was large crowd at the
church and the Grafton and sermon
were master pieces of information and
oratory.
4ne officers of the building associa-
ion are S. E. Hall, president; J. e.
1urphy, vice president; R. M. John
on, treasurer; Charles Miller, secre-
ary. The other directors are Frank
'mpson. John Dillingham;, William
Francis, George Hoage and J. B. John
son.
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Mrs. Mary A. Archer.

The funeral services of Mrs. Mary
A. Archer, who died at her home, 536
St. Anthony avenue, Saturday, Dec.
II, was held at st. James A. NJ. E..
church Tuesday afternoon. The re-
mains were laid in the vault at Oak
land cemetery, until spring, when they
will be taken to Terre Haute, Ind,
where she was born and reared, for
burial. The family wish to thank all
the friends who were so kind, to US
during our mothers illness, and at
the time of her death. We especially
thank Rev. H. p. Jones for his excel
lent sermon, Rev. j. s. Strong for his
kind words and Queen Of Sheba Chap.
ter for the kindness of its members.
We are very grateful for the many
floral tributes.
Respectfully,
William s. Archer,
Bismarck G. Archer,
Emma Archer,
Theresa Archer,
Winnie Nesbit.
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JoHNsoN.UTLEY.
Mr.. Henry G. johnson and Miss Flor.
enee e. UtIey Unite in
Wedlock.

Mr.~-Henry G. johnson and Miss
Florence E. Utley were quietly united
in the holy bonds of wedlock at the
home of the brides parents, 818 Ed.
mund street, Tuesday evening, Dec. 8,
at Z o'clock, Rev. A. H. Lealtad off.
eating. Following the ceremony a
reception was held which was indeed
very delightful affair. The young
couple received numerous gifts from
their friends, as follows:
!. Silver tea set, cut glass wafer tray,
Messrs. and Mesdames A. Roach, w.
W. Mills, F. D. Parker, G. Bromley, D.
Bonepart, F. D. McCracken, o. Tay-
lor, w. T. Gassaway, R. Anderson. p.
H. Anderson, J. H. LOOMS, c. E..
James, w. e. Alexander, L. NJ. Banks.
dale. J. Hanly, s. Foster, w. v. How
ard, D. E. Beasley, S. s. Williams.
Alex Payne, w. R. Godette, J. W.
Kelly, c. Clayton, B. Stevens. N.
Coins, H. c. Petticord, J. s. Strong.
J. Jones, w. Ashworth, K. B. Bond:
Mrs. NJ. A. Gamble, e. J. Murphy, Mrs.
Lou Greene, r. C. Minor, Mrs. Bielev:
Misses Ida LOOMS, Mamie Coins.
Cedar chest, Ralph Ward, Mrs, A.
E. Ward, Mr.. and Mrs. A. Montgom.
cry.
Set miscellaneous silver, Mr.. and
Mrs. r. H. Artis, Mr.. Orville Turner.
Chest Of silver, A. Cathcart and
Sons and A. Cathcart Maxfield.
Set Of pearl handled knives and
iorKs, cut glass sugar and creamer,
Messrs. and Mesdames S. Hatcher.
): 9. Adams, ]. 3. Johnson, J. H. Din.
nngham, ]. Il. Warren, J. C. Cox, T. r.
Morgan, Culber Vale, e. "A. Hatton,
=: Q. Lobbins, ]. e. Roper, L. M. Ter
rlll, Harold Cage, A. 8. Weber, /. W.
Gresham, A. G. Lyles, w. s. johnson.
p. w. McFall. G. G. West, r. B. Beard.
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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-12-19

We must believe in our capacity and
in our capability and address our
selves to the task seriously of bring.
ing in this reign of human brother
hood by approaching ourselves. It
cannot be done by the caste of voca-
ton.
We have a great amount of brains
behind barber chairs and on delivery
wagons and doing porters' work in
small shops and one may conclude
that because the labor is mental that
a badge of inferiority is, thus placed
upon the worker, but this is not ne
cessarily so. The degradation, if
there is any, is that of the man and
not Of the vocation.
The servant in the house may be,
as in the story, drain man, or the
bishop of Beneres or the rector of a
fashionable parish and yet they may
all be brothers. Brotherhood is not
dependent upon vocation, nor should
the lines be drawn against any be-
cause of humble position. ~ 49,.
Brotherhood cannot be brought
by the accentuation of creeds and
color. The good Samaritan exemp-
lies it. That man who went from
Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among
thieves, who stripped him of his
clothing and beat him and left him
by the wayside half dead; the priest
on his way to ministration in the
temple passed that way, saw the poor
unfortunate and went by on the other
side. They were both Jews. The Le-
vite passed that way, saw the wound
ed man, left him lying where he was
and passed on. It was the Samari.
tan who ordinarily had no dealing
with the Jews, men of different Gus
tom, manners, religion, who came
that way, saw the human need and
answered it by dismounting, going to
the wounded man, pouring in oil into
his wounds, giving him wine, sat him
upon his own beast, took him to the
inn, paid the inn keeper the price for
his keep and charged him TO take
good care of the man, saying that
when l return again, whatever is
lacking, will pay thee" Such &C.
ton, disregarding alike creeds, color
and condition, will hasten the reign
Of human brotherhood.
The Results Of this Lack Of Brother.
hood.
Wherever this brotherhood does
not obtain, there will continue to be
unrest. Men and nations will fly at
each others threats. The struggle
that is witnessed throughout the
world, is this struggle for an equality,
which can only be brought about
through such condition of human
brotherhood. This is the essence of
the struggle in England where
listers mep and the men Of Ireland
stand in threatening array against
each other.
The disposition Of one part of the
world to regard the other as inferior
and to treat them as inferior, must
lead and always will lead to a strug.
gle on the part Of the underman to
rise and when this right is not rec,
ognized the public peace will be more
or less menaced. Such a policy has
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Supreme Being. who knows but what
they ID loa&gs at3s some time become
staunclf Members of the church.
Our afdinalf principles are Charity,
Justice, Brotherly Love and Fidelity
and we fndeavor to keep faithful to
them at I'll times. ..~...,.:.~
Following came the recitation of
"Thanatdpsis"by Past Exalted Ruler,
w. r. Morris, during which the solemn
intervals, ending with eleven strokes
in succession.
The closing exercises conducted by
Exalted Ruler George w. Holbert fol-
lowed.
Then Mrs. Addie c. Minor sang
''The Holy City,
Rev. H. p. Jones, pastor of the
church was then introduced and
preached the following excellent and
appropriate
SERMON
1t was my pleasure and privilege a
short while since to see remark
able presentation Of Joseph and His
Brethren" by that master of the dra-
matte art, James O'NeiA. 1t had
been the one regret Of my life that !
had not been permitted to see Thorn.
as Jefferson In Rip Van Wrinkle and
James O'Neill IN the creation Of
Monte Cristo, two artists in these
plays, the like of which we shall not
see again and SO hailed it as a real
privilege to witness this marvellous
presentation Of the part Of Jacob by
this artist who has now grown old
J It is to one phase Of this presenta.
ton that I desire to direct your
thought, namely, ''The search Of
Joseph for his Brethern.'' After leav.
ing Shechem, these shepherds. jour
neyed to Dothan and the youngest
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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1914.
STANDING TOGETHER FOR RIGHT.

STANDING TOGETHER FOR RIGHT.
The unanimity with which the Col
ored press endorsed the action of Will
liam Monroe Trotter in his protest
against segregation was remarkable.
Only two or three editors of small
caliber, who evidently have some per.
sonal grievance against Mr.. Trotter,
abused the man who has against tre-
mendous odds done battle for the
rights Of the race.
These sore head publishers of papers
Of little influence will not be able to
do much harm What they have said
is more than offset by strong South
ern Democratic newspapers which
have rebuked the President for his &C.
ton. Two Kentucky newspapers were
especially strong against governmental
segregation
The Louisville Courier-Journal: 1.-THE
Courier-Journal agrees with the New
York World that the segregation bust
ness over in Washington spells rather
small. During fifty years, including
two Democratic Presidential terms
there was no thought of separating the
black and white official sheep. Why
should the suggestion meet the assent
of anybody now:
"The segregation order should be re-
yoked. 1t has no real cause or inter-
est to back it. The issue should not
have been raised. Let Mr.. Wilson take
matters further into his own hands,
and restore the status quo"
Says the Lexington Herald: 1--WE re-
gret that the President has again per.
mitted himself to display irritation to
those who went to him as Chief Exc
cutive of the Nation, and refused 20
answer questions put to him about
the treatment of public employees.
"For the second time he has per-
mitted himself to lose his temper
when confronted by delegation Of
citizens asking him to take action
about matter which Is embarrassing
to them.
"The humblest American citizen OF
full Negro blood is In the eyes of the
law the full equal OF the most power.
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The press dispatches of Monday an
nounce that the Supreme Court of the
United States has declared, through
Justice Hughes, that the Jim Grow law
of Oklahoma is invalid, in so far as it
allowed the furnishing of sleeping,
parlor and chair cars only to white
persons. Every once in while we get
a hopeful sign that we may hope that
things will not always be as bad as
they are. -
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The latest addition to the list of
Afro-American newspapers that has
reached our office is The Kansas City
Herald, which made it's advent No.
vember %, with Bro. J. Silas Harris
as editor. 1t is a six column folio,
is we'll gotten up and is handing out
some "hot stuff"
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MEMORIAL SERVICES
GOPHER LODGE los, ST. PAUL AND
AMEs LODGE 1o6, MINNEAPOLIS
Improved Benevolent Protective Order
Of EIks Of the World Hold Their
Joint Annual Service at st. James
A. N. e. Church, st. Paul.

Sunday evening, Dec. 6, St. James A.
M. E. Church, st. Paul was crowded
with members and friends of tie I'm
proved Benevolent Protective Order
OF Elks of the World, the occasion
being the holding of the Joint Memoir.
lal Services of Gopher Lodge los. St.
Paul and Ames Lodge 1O6, Minneap-
oils.
Despite the inclement weather there
was a large representation of the
antlered fraternity present and it was
very representative gathering.
The Elks gathered in the assembly
room and at the proper time marched
around the church and entered through
the front door in a body making a
splendid appearance. When all had
reached their proper stations the pro-
gram was begun with a piano volun-
tary: Then followed the opening cere-
monies, according to the ritual, L. B..
Greer, Exalted Ruler of Gopher Lodge
presiding. After the opening exer.
clses the Elks sang their Opening Ode.
to the tune of "Old Lang Syne."
Exalted Ruler Greer then called up-
on George w. Holbert, Exalted Ruler
OF Ames Lodge to preside, and tie
program proceeded with a paper by
Elk. r., L. B. Greer as follows:
WHAT is ELkDoMw
Charity, Justice, Brotherly Love and
Fidelity; these are the principles in
the creed Of every Elk.
We believe in our creed and in our
Order and hold that the most BETTING
way to honor those who have left us.
is to aid those who are with US. In
helping the living we honor the dead.
And, every Order that is to be lasting
must Lave something more lofty than
mere social and educational features.
SO it Is with our Order, we strive to
assist the weak and helpless and to
relieve those in distress and thus
spread the gospel of Brotherly Love
and Charity to all.
Be faithful to every trust and Just
to our fellow men. My brothers, let
us not store up malice, but seek to
further the cause of Elkdom by prac-
tlcing its principles.
Elkdom does not ask how its mem.
"CAo WI SUPP uut AO udn can JOIN us
VINO does not believe in the Almighty
God. Here is the common ground for
men OF all faiths; here we sit in
Friendship and Brotherly Love. An
Elk is believer in this republic. This
nation needs much today, there should
be less criticism and more love of the
things 1t represents. There should be
less talk of more liberty and more
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tul citizen Of the purest Anglo-saxon

ful citizen of the purest Anglo-Saxon
descent.
1T is but step in descent from the
position taken by those public officials
in Washington who segregate one race
to the public official in Southern
state who advocates lynch law. The
example of the. higher official will be
cited by the lower official as justifica-
ton for his course The mob of the
South that lynches in the night is but
a step further than the official order
that segregates because of color in the
day."
When Southern Democratic daily
newspapers have the moral courage to
write such strong editorials demand
ing justice for the race it ought to
make the cowardly colored ours who
condone jimcrowism hide their heads
in shame.
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The Germans seem not to be
troubled as to the ultimate outcome of
the war being in their favor. The
Reichstag has just voted new war
tax credit of $3.50, 100000.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-12-19

When times get hard the pawn
shops thrive. War makes times hard
Times are hard in Paris, more than
$4O,OOO,000 worth of jewelry and
household goods have been pawned
since the war began.
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With the wars and rumors of wars,
now filling the earth, the coming
Christmas will be sad one to many
of it's inhabitants. ...
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-08-07
THE NEWS is CENSORED

.. ss. ~ s = -6a. f
A personal wire from Mr.. Melville
E. Stone, superintendent of the AS
sociated Press, says that close cen
sorship has been imposed in all news
from Germany, Russia, Austria and
will probably be imposed in France
Italy, Servia and other principalities
The British foreign office has re
quested all correspondents and news
papers to refrain from publishing any
news relating to military activities
General news from the continent may
be authorized by some governments
but to what extent it is impossible to
determine.
He adds that censorship is greatly
delaying news that is permitted to
come through that is not censored.
The Associated Press will only give
out news that is known to be authen-
tic, and will not pander to the senti-
ment that calls for sensationalism.
The Associated Press will give the
war news as accurately as can be OBJ
tanned and will not pass it through
any coloring machine.