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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-01-15
Battleship Churches.

At 1915 a. m. Church CALI is
sounded through the ship, the church
flag Is hoisted over the national en-
sign, and the men gather to the strains
of the band or orchestra in the large
gun compartment on the main deck.
A hymn is sung. followed by re-
sponsive readings, hymns, prayer
Scripture reading, special music Eat
tines, talk of about twenty min
utes, followed by hymn and closing
prayer in which all join; the service
is then closed with the benediction.
The ships orchestra accompanies the
hymns and the enthusiastic singing
would be an inspiration to the aver
age church. The unity and regularity
with which the men join In the re-
sponsive readings is remarkable. In
tense interest is shown throughout
the service. Better listeners could
not be found than the enlisted men
Of the navy.--Christian Herald.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-01-15

through her parents the man who mar.
ries her should not consider this suf.
ficient cause why he should be de-
linquent in her support. From the
hour she leaves her fathers roof che
should be her husbands care.
When a wife finds that man has
no intention of providing for her,
though he may be able to do so had
he cared for her sufficiently, her love
receives shock. Slowly, but surely,
she becomes disillusionized When
the seed of discomfort is sown in mar
ried hearts the dove Of peace is ready
to take flight from the nest. With
most wives brooding brings suspicion
in its train. determinations are apt
to follow. Those who think that love
once formed can never die make big
mistake. It can die, like q flower
chilled by a sudden and unexpected
frost. 1t is killed branch and root.
Nothing in this world has power to re-
vive it.
Every wife feels the need of a
strong arm to depend upon If misfor-
tune should turn its frowning face
upon her. The girl who has been
brought up to earn her own living is
brave and self-reliant If adversity's
storm comes upon her. Not SO she
who has been born and brought up
with silver spoon in her mouth, SO to
speak. She has no trade or profes.
sion; nor is she ingenious in making
fancy work or knowing how to earn
her own living in any way. The man
who marries girl of this kind takes
her with all of her advantages in
prosperity and disadvantages in ad
versity.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-01-15

Novel Means OF Communication.
Wounded British soldiers In tho
hands OF the Germans have hit upon
novel way of communicating with their
families and friends at home. They
subscribe small sums of money to the
German Red Cross society. but as few
of them have any cash they fill up q
draft or sign check to be sent to
London and honored. On the back of
the draft the banker is requested to
communicate the news Of the drawers
safety to his home. Tommy Atkins
thinks tbs well worth dollar sub
scription
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-01-15
All There Was for Him.

A poor shoemaker's apprentice was
sent to his masters home with some
work. 1t was early in December, and
when the lad arrived at the house he
found the good wife engaged baking
the spiced bread ready for Christmas.
The smell was delicious, and, shifting
strongly, the apprentice exclaimed
heartily:
"Eh, missus, but your spice loaf
smells grand"
"Ah, we'll, lad, thee nun TAX some
good smells, for it will be all thou will
get."-London Tit-Bits.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-01-15
ARE MEN OR WOMEN MORE
FAITHFUL TO LovE2

To keep one sacred flame
Through life unchilled, unmoved;
To love in wintry age the same
As first in youth We loved:
To feel that we adore
To such a fond excess
That, though the heart would break with
more,
1t could not live with less.
When I hear people speak Of mel
being inconstant ever, to one girl con.
slant never, think it pity that they
have no acquaintance with the noble
men l have known. Men who admire
too ardently on short acquaintance are
few and far between. II you intro
duce a gentleman to lady today and
short while after ask each how they
like the other the woman will tell you
frankly: Il have met him so few
times that really cannot form an
opinion. He seems to be pleasant,
therefore agreeable. But men have
habit of putting their best foot for
ward when they are toeing the mark
of first acquaintance" The man will
tell you: "She Is a beautiful girl,
with charming personality, but we
have not been thrown in contact suf-
fciently to determine each others dis
position"
This conveys the idea that before
they are willing to fall in love, men
require something more than a beau
tiful face and bewitching manner. A
very youthful man might be caught by
dash and glitter. The older man
knows that is like the froth from
champagne-when the bubble is blown
off the wine is tasteless. When the
supply of brilliant small talk is ex-
hausted a girl finds 1t difficult to be
entertaining.
The man Of good judgment wants a
sensible young woman whose judg-
ment, ready sympathy, and good lis
| tening qualities make her an agree
able companion at all times and under
all circumstances. Esteem is the
foundation of his love. The oftener
he meets such woman, the more
grateful is he for the privilege OF
her friendship When he Is lonely
he turns to her for consolation as the
sunfower turns to the sun. Slowly
and by degrees comes the thought to
him that a man would do well to
rest his happiness in such fair hands
When this thought becomes fixed
in his mind the lamp of love has been
lighted in his heart; the steady flame
cannot be easily extinguished. II
aught happens to part them. never
again, of his own volition, would he
fill her place. The hearts Of women
are faithful in love, but their natures
crave love fully returned. OF course
there are those who love but once
and forever. There are others of the
sex who, having known love, will
never afterward consent to live with
out 1t. II the object which inspires II
Is tickle and from them should go, they
dry their tears and look around fol
someone else to comfort them. You
hear q great deal about men breaking
women's hearts, but you seldom heal
of the men who are martyrs on loves
altar. 1t is easy to be faithful in love
IL hearts are truly mated Weighing
both sides carefully, faithfulness In
love is the uppermost trait in both
sexes. Men hide this characteristic
a little better.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-01-15

rimony by fraud; led to suppose that
they were wedding man OF exem-
plary habits; that they had gained
true and loving mate.
Also, they declare that they would
as soon have jumped into the fire as
to have become the wife Of man
having such violent disposition had
they but known it, though they kept
company steadily for years. AS mat
ter Of fact, these women did know the
disposition of these lovers. II they
did not, 1t was because they willfully
blinded their eyes to their shortcom-
ings. When lover begins to get will
fully lax in his attentions to his sweet
heart-for instance, having no hesita-
ton in breaking his engagements with
her repeatedly for no special reason,
Indifferent as to whether she likes 1t
or not-he does not need to wear a sign
to the effect that he'll make her a
careless husband.
If his eyes are on every pretty girl
whom they pass, regardless that her
eyes are on him, she doesn't have to
light dozen candles Of her magma
ton to see clearly that he'd give her
no end of trouble after marriage by
too much admiration for other women
II has always chewing cardamom
seeds and cloves when he comes to
see her, she ought to reason it out
thrx 70 does not take them for his
health. II he's on the street with hel
and leaves her for the ostensible pur
pose of getting a cigar In the corner
saloon and comes out wiping his lips
explaining that they didn't have his
brand, she's a very gullible young
woman not to know that he's had 9
drink; and IL he cannot refrain from
repeating this operation at least cou
pie Of times during their walk, it.:
the irony of amusement to hear hel
complaining in after years that It was
the last thing she ever dreamed o.
that she was marrying drunkard Il
disgrace her and the children.
So on the women write, naming al
the faults in the calendar. Once in {
while one of these husbands writes
me trying to defend himself from the
charges he knows his wife has made
In letter she has sent out to me. HI
says, with blunt frankness: ITS al
moonshine that Mary didn't know
what sort of fellow I was when We
were going together. She knew
came from long line of ancestors
who loved women, not wisely, but too
we'll; and with me money burned IL
my pocket. 1t was come easy, &c
easy. And as for my reason for stop
ping at saloons, she should have hat
sense enough to know did not 81
there to pray" Girls should study
their lovers carefully and raise wha
complaints they have to make before
marriage, or forever after hold thei
peace.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-01-15
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she COULD NOT GAIN HIS LOVE.

She was all miIdness; yet Twas writ
Upon her beauty legibly:
"He that's for heaven itself unfit
Let him not hope to merit me-"
There's such possibility as starting
wooing all right or wrong! 1t Is rea-
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-01-15
DO RICH WIVES NEED suPPoRT9
All. what shall be at fifty,
Should nature keep me alive.
II find the world SO bitter
When am but twenty-five.

W0en 4 am DuL LWenty-nVe.
When man marries poor girl
who hasn't the second dress to her
back and not a cent in her purse, he
knows that it's up to him to provide
the wherewithal for the rent, the food,
clothes, and expenses Of every kind.
The rightly disposed man is mighty
glad to be able to do it. He Is
proud to contribute not only comforts
but Injuries for the woman who chose
him in preference to all others. But
how about many a man who marries
a rich wife? He knows IL he does not
provide her with a new silk dress,
modish furs, and plumes for her hat
which cost a fortune, her daddy will.
He has no incentive to redouble his
energies in the line of work, and does
not trouble himself as to the future.
Even the daughters Of the rich are
old-fashioned enough to believe 1t is
the husband instead Of the father they
should look to for support; that he
should consider this the first and fore
most of his matrimonial obligations.
If the father of the rich wife loses his
fortune, what is to become Of her II
she has not a husband she can look to
in her hour of need? Her fine house
furnishings, her jewels, or clothes will
not keep the roof over her head for
any length of time. II disposed Of,
they go for song. This goes to show
that no matter how rich q girl may be
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-01-15

sonable to sup
pose that his
heart and thoughts
have gone out to
a girl when he
seeks her society
exclusively. All
couples who WOO
are not intended
for mating. Hun
dreds of letters
reach me from
diSgruntled wives,
many Of them be-
wall the fact that
they have made
b ad marriages.;
their happiness is
ruined for life be-
cause they were
+r;olrod info mat.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-01-15
The Size,

Mother asked Davie one morning to
fetch q small cabbage from the grocer.
what would you call small cab
bage?" Davie asked.
"Oh, about the size Of Jache's
head" answered the mother, referring
to the younger brother. A few seconds
later a voice came from the doorway:
Mamma, I'm taking Jackie with me
to measure by"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-01-15

1t is hard for woman to hold hes
husbands love when she can't even
hold her tongue.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-01-15

Life is made up of surprises. Have
you ever noticed that the things that
don't seem possible happen so oftenf
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-01-15

"Where there's will there'A d
qhanea COX Q laWystss "a.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-07-17
NOT NEEDED.

THE APPEAL is opposed to the
plan of the Southwestern Christian
Advocate to have a socalled vigilance
committee at Washington.
It is not necessary, as work of a
similar character has been accomp-
lished as a business proposition by
the National Association for the Ad-
vancement of the Colored People for
the past two years and inimical leg
islation prevented.
The colored people are not "vote-
less" people. In the North they have
voted for years and are still voting.
The United States Supreme Court has
just decided that there is to be no
color line in voting in the future, so it
is up to the colored people of the
South to guard their rights at the foun-
tain head. We feel that we are able
to do it in Minnesota.
A lobby in Washington would soon
degenerate into 4 political machine
and as it is likely that some jimcrow-
lists would be on the committee it is
possible that a committee kept up for
the purpose of guarding the rights Of
the people would actually betray them.
It is a dangerous proposition.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-07-17
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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-07-17
Must Judge A Group by Its Best.
(From the Christian Register, Boston,

Must Judge A Group by Its Best.
(From the Christian Register, Boston,
Mass.)
No one can be said to know any
class of people who has not been in
intimate and sympathetic relation with
the best as we'll as the worst of the
class. We compare many persons
who live in the South, and think they
know the colored race, with others
who have had no such contact, but
who have come into intimate and sym
pathetic relations with large numbers
Of that race whom their Southern
friends have never known; and of the
two sets of people we should say that
the second knew the colored people
better than the first They know aspi-
rations among them that the others
do not know, or, knowing, do not
enter into and appreciate; they know
capabilities by direct contact with the
best Of the race which others are obli-
vious Of; they know qualities which
only respect and sympathy can bring
out; they know possibilities to which
others by their very acquaintance are
blinded. If those who know. the col
ored race through the mass and by
observation merely could know what
individual possibilities are demon
strated in growing numbers Of the
elect, and would be courageously can
did with themselves, they would re-
wise their judgments and possibly sof-
ten their prejudices. At any rate,
they ought to credit to those on whom
they charge ignorance of the colored
race the values that come from know
ing how many of that race are the
equal of any members of the dominant
race in the highest abilities and in the
clearest aims. No estimate is worth
much which does not take people at
their best
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-07-17
NO JIMcRoWIsTs NEEDED.

More than two hundred colored men
are applicants for presidential ap-
pointments under President Wilson.
A few are high class men, but we fear
the majority are lacking in one vital
point-manhood.
Many have made it known that they
would gladly accept place with the
understanding that it would be run
along the color line. They have
agreed that they would segregate the
colored employees in their Offices. It
is disgusting to think that there are
such cattle on earth, but THE AP-
PEAL has it on reliable authority that
such is the case. =.
Such men should not receive official
recognition. They would work great
injury to the people as a whole. Seq
regation is too great a price to pay
for political appointment and if any
such brute is appointed by the Presi-
dent the colored people Of the country
ought to see to it that his confirmation
is prevented.
The few 9colored Democrats who
have the ear of the Administration
should adopt the slogan: No recon-
mendations for jimcrowists. It would
be better that the colored people re-
NAMED without representation than to
have a cowardly cur in the place.
And better still: If Bishop Walters
and others who are presumed to have
power with the Administration would
tell the President that the colored peo-
pie prefer Justice to offices and that it
would please them better to have the
ban Of segregation lifted than to have
dozen appointments.
Such an action would be a public
service worthy of the highest praise
and would mean undying fame for the
men who did it.
Will they have the moral courage to
propose it?
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-07-17

TOO EARLY, TO THROW UP HATS.
The colored people Of the country
should not get excited over the Grand
father Clause" decision Of the su.
preme Court The millennium has not ar.
rived. III.
This is certain that the South will
endeavor to find some means to keep
colored men from voting. The literary
and property tests are in effect in
nearly every Southern state and al
though they will be overcome eventu-
ally, for many years to come, colored
men will be prevented from voting by
the registrars who control the situa-
ton. They will decide that the voter
is not qualified no matter how intel.
ligent he is.
Already in Oklahoma Immediate
legislative action is advocated by the
leading Democratic papers and poll.
ticians to correct the "evil."
The colored man has not yet gotten
back to the ballot, but he's on his way.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-07-17
"NEGROS" AND MULES NOT
LISTED.

The British steamer Armenian sunk
recently by German submarine, car.
ried, besides her regular crew, 106
men who were signed aboard her to
attend to the 1922 mules which the
ship was carrying for the use of the
English army in the war zone.
The Associted Press dispatch stated
that nineteen of the muleteers were
white men and gave list of their
name and addresses and continued:
Besides these nineteen white men
there were 81 negro muleteers."
It was evidently not considered of
sufficient Importance to waste money
telegraphing the names and residences
of the mules or-the negro" mule
teers.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-07-17
NO CREDIT DUE SOUTH.

1t is sickening to read some of the
slush written by -colored men anent
the recent Grandfather Clause deci.
sion-they give the south credit for
the decision and slop over in their
praise of the Southern Christian
Justices"
AS a matter of fact only three of the
nine justices are southern men; the
other six being of northern birth. The
south deserves no credit whatever.
The case was so clear that even the
southern justices did not care to risk
their names going down in history
with the opprobrium which attached
to Justice fancy in the bred Scott
decision. >.-. '' '
There is no reason why the south
should be lauded except the bootlick-
ers would be unhappy unless they
were busy.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-07-17

Christian Endeavor@ meeting at Chica-
go was no exception to the rule.
First there was season of prayer
and then Bro. Landrith of the South
jumped up and shouted: Eve are 60
ing to get behind the negro" and up
lift him. We are going into the
negro" churches and organize G. E.
Clubs of negroes" and so on ad inf1n-
itum, ad buncum, ad nauseum, and
there was great applause IN CHI
CAGO. J.: ~. D..
Think of it, Brer Landrith is to car
ry Christianity to people who already
have more than their share of it. If
the good brother really wishes to
change conditions the proper thing to
do is to carry Christianity to the red
necks, hill billies and crackers of the
South, carry it to the WHITE people
who are the cause of the NEGRO
problem.
The whole matter is simply bunk
While the c. E. brethren and sisters
were grooming and screaming in Chi
cago, the Georgia crackers were busy
lynching negroes" and an attempt
was made to take Jew who is serv-
ing life term, out of the prison and
lynch him and to cap the climax the
Georgia court has declared it aecrime
for white person to teach a colored
person.
And then, the next day after his
great whoop, Brer Landrith of the
South, hsowed his estimate of the
people in whom he claims to be so
greatly interested, by referring to col
ored children as "pickaninnies."
Jimcrow schools, public parks, Y.
M. c.. AS and other infamies are no
proof of Christianity. Repeal the jim
crow laws, cut out the jimcrow car,
the, jimcrow drinking fountain and
other things intended to humiliate and
degrade the colored people and then
and not until then will THE APPEAL
have any faith in Southern Christian