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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-10-02

Last year a Caucasian went into the
home of respectable colored woman
in Wagner, Okla, and attempted to
assault her, but was shot by the
woman before he succeeded. When
the chivalrous Oklahomans heard of
the happening, the colored woman
who killed the white man in protect
ing her virtue was lynched by an
orderly mob of the best citizens
In another Southern state recently,
a colored man was walking along the
street with his sweetheart when
white man made an insulting remark
about her. The colored man promptly
killed the white man and a few hours
later he was lynched by mob of
leading citizens"
The chivalrous men of Georgia have
allowed law fixing the age of consent
for girls 10 years, to stand upon the
statute boks, and in nearly every
Southern state it is lower than it
ought to be.
The Southern boast about defending
the honor of women is a LIE. South
ern chivalry is tinsel.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-10-02
NO ILLEGITIMATE BABIES.

1t is the consensus of opinion of the
leading thinkers of the world that
there should be no illegitimate chill
dren, that is, that babies should be
declared legitimate by the state,
even if born out of wedlock.
A new law was recently passed by
Norway, giving the so-ca'led illegiti-
mate child right to his fathers name.
The expenses of it's rearing are d.
vided between father and mother in
proportion to their ability to pay, the
basis to be the financial status of the
Wealthler parent. And the illegitimate
Norwegian child is an heir to the
fathers property and on equal terms
with the children born in marriage.
Nature knows nothing of illegit-
macy; she cares naught for marriage
certificates and there is no reason
why the innocent babe should be de-
graded and ostracized because of the
sins Of it's parents.
Such a law would be especially valu-
able in the South where wealthy eau
casians are the fathers and mothers
of many children of colored women
and men. The equal Inheritance feat
ure would give to thousands of colored
children their just share in many
great estates and would also give them
their proper social status.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-10-02
Says Hon. William Hale Thompson Mayor Chicago When Appoint
ing Colored Men to Places in His Cabinet-A
Presidential

artists: poe S, scientist, and educators.
Prejudice Still Exists.
Since attaining personal liberty,
the colored people are still the vic
tins OF relentless and unreasoning
prejudice which throws all sorts of
obstacles in the path of advancement.
ut is considered presumptuous for
IN individual of the colored people
to aspire to any employment other
than mental tasks, and there have
been recent instances where even
your right to be considered among
the laborers in this city has been chal-
lenged.
mot long ago, expressions such as
this were common: Why, what do
you think? The mayor has put some
'niggers' to work out at the garbage
plant!' Just as though colored men
are not to be considered human be-
ings.
What of His Critics?
"Crltlclsm such as those enumer-
ated are un-American and have no
place in this land of freedom and op-
portunity If inquiry were made con-
corning the nativity of these critics.
1t would probably be found that a
number of them had come, or their
immediate ancestors had come. to this
country to escape tyranny and oppres-
sion in some foreign land and to find
opportunity in this land of the free,
and, having found it, would shut the
door in the faces of others.
1T is easy to understand the atti-
| tude of our own citizens of southern
ancestry, who feel obliged to de-
nounce the colored man in order tn
Justify the questionable acts of their
, 1orefatherS, but such sentiments are
entirely inexcusable when spoken nv
tne chlldren of oppression from any
place in the wide world.
ITO deny equal opportunity to the
colored man in this land would be
out or harmony with American his
tory, untrue to the sacred principles
, OF liberty and equal rights, and would
make mockery of our boosted civil
cation and justice, and render mean
ingless the word opportunity. Believ-
ing this as do, you can rest assured
mat, so Tar as my power and influence
go, the colored man will get a square
deal.
Not "Vote Catching" Scheme.
This is no new position for me-
nor is it advanced as a vote catching
scheme. l had the honor to be presi-
dent of the Perrys victory centennial
commission from Illinois, and, as such
member of the governing board of
the ten states which participated in
the celebration.
"On investigation it was found that
40 per cent. of Perry's sailors were
colored, and thereupon l did myself
the honor to introduce a resolution
proposing to invite a prominent rep
resentative of the colored race to
participate in the exercises common
Grating the victory.
The resolution, although opposed.
was adopted, and 1 was afterwards
fortunate enough to secure the dis
tinction for my friend, our distinguish.
ed chairman, DR.. A. j. Carey, who not
only reflected glory on himself, but
credit on the colored people and his
state"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-10-02
SEGREGATION BY CENSUS.

Negroes in the United States," is
the title of a pamphlet gotten out by
the United States Census Bureau. The
title is misleading, for there are only
473 real Africans in the United States,
according to the Census, that is Ne
groes born in Africa.
1t is wrong, unjust and un-American
for the government to segregate it's
clerks by color in the Departments
in Washington, and it is also wrong, un-
just and un-American for the govern
ment to issue a separate and inaccu-
rate Census Bulletin as it has done in
the case Of the bulletin, Negroes in
the United States"
The United States assumes that a
group of about 100000 people are
Negroes and proceeds to so classify
them. More than ninety-nine per cent
of the persons so classified were born
in America of American parents, and
their parents were Americans and so
on back for ten generations.
If man whose ancestors for many
generations is not an American, who
is entitled to the name? If a white
man can become an American in two
generations, why should person Of
any other color born in this country
fail to arrive in the same space Of
time?
The name Negro" applied to
group Of citizens in this country is In
accurate, because it does not include
forty or fifty million other Americans
who have more or less Negro blood.
The expression "pure race" is amyth
SO all great writer's on racial questions
agree.
The mixing Of bloods In this country
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-10-02
ANNIVERSARY OF ATLANTA'S
SHAME,

0T1A"cs
The recent lynching of Leo Frank,
Jew, in Georgia, has aroused the
country more than the murders of
thousands of colored people in the
South during the past twenty years.
But only nine years have passed
since Atlanta, Georgia, was the scene
of one of the most uncalled for and
bloodiest riots ever recorded in his
tory. Colored men and women were
ruthlessly slaughtered because Of race
hatred; not a single one killed had
been guilty Of any crime whatever.
The massacre was caused by the in
cendiary editorials of the Atlanta
News and Journal, owned by Hoke
Smith, since Governor Of Georgia and
now United States senator from that
state.
In his gubernatorial canvass Smith
also made incendiary speeches incit-
ing the Caucasians against colored peo-
pie and demanding that the race be
DISTINGUISHED.
Senator Hoke Smith is said to be
the author Of the Jim crow policy of
the present administration and he has
the active support of Vardaman, Hef-
lin and nearly every Southerner in
Congress.
THE APPEAL reprints in this Is
sue "A Litany Of Atlanta" by Dr.. w.
e. Burghardt Du Bots, editor Of The
Crisis. It was written just after the
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-10-02
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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-10-02
MAY WOE AND BITTERNESS AT.
TEND Them.

For more than a quarter of the cen.
fury the editor Of THE APPEAL has
struggled to give the colored people
of the West a newspaper which would
defend their rights. A complete file
has been preserved and the editor is
proud to say that not single false
note has been sounded. THE AP-
PEAL has always advised it's readers
never to relinquish civil right and
to aid their Southern brethren to re-
gain the many rights which have
slipped away because of the activities
OF Jim crow propagandists.
THE APPEAL has never been a
profitable business proposition in it.
self, the editor has made his living out
of his job printing office and from
other sources of income, but he feels
that he has done something to aid
the colored people and the conscious
ness of having fought for the right, in
"a measure, compensates him for the
ears of hard work and the expenditure
OF thousands of dollars.
The editor of THE APPEAL is a
father and the one thing he has en-
deavored to impress upon the minds
OF his children is self respect, especial
ly as it relates to demanding all the
rights of American citizenship. He
is a poor man and has little of this
worlds goods to bequeath them, but if
they have learned their lesson we'll
and will suffer hardships and priva-
tons and even prefer to die rather
than degrade their souls by willingly
accepting any treatment which is in
any way inferior to that accorded to
other Americans, the editor will pass
into the Great Beyond happy in the
thought that he has left his offspring
a priceless heritage.
The editor of THE APPEAL would
rather see all of his children in their
graves than to feel that they will ever
even in their minds consider the pro-
position of becoming Jim crowists and
if they are ever willing to give up
liberty and become servile sycophants,
may woe and bitterness come to
them, as it should, to everyone who
sells his birth right.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-10-02
"WHY AMERICANS FAIL"

1t is notorious fact that in spite OF
Pan-American congresses, long-winded
editorials in American newspapers
etcetera, the United States is far be-
hind Germany, Great Britain, France
and Spain so far as trade in Latin
America is concerned.
A book by A. Wyatt Verrill on
South and Central American Trade
Conditions of Today" recently issued
by Dodd, Mead & Co., New York, has
this to say under the heading, "Why
Americans FAIL -5--t .
Race or religious prejudice, con.
descension, discourtesy or bluff have
no place in Spanish America. The
Latin-American is a gentleman first,
last and all the time. He has never
acquired our habit of being gentle.
man in private life and boor in
business and he expects others to be
as courteous as himself and if they
are not he judges them accordingly.
He may be white, brown, yellow or
black, but he remembers that one of
his ancestors was probably a plumed
grandee of Old SPAIN You may scott
at his ideas, you may laugh at his
faith, you may curse at the "lazy
Greasers," and through it all he may
smile, treat you with respect and po-
likeness and greet you with express
sions of the greatest pleasure, but in
his heart he despises you for an ILL
bred Yankee pig" and thanks God
that he is of Spanish blood.
On the other hand treat the Latin
American with courtesy, praise the
buildings and industry of his town,
admire his beautiful women, visit his
places of interest, and speak his Ian
guage and you may command respect.
admiration and true friendship and
every entertainment and comfort will
be yours
THE APPEAL has printed number
OF editorials along this line showing
that Americans have lost millions of
dollars through their jimcrow methods
and it is great satisfaction to have
this view upheld by great authority
thoroughly familiar with conditions.
Race prejudice is an expensive
proposition for those who indulge in
it.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-10-02

William Hale Thompson, mayor CT
Chicago, has made a great name for
himself by ignoring racial lines and
giving the colored' people representa-
ton in the city offices.
At recent crowded meeting in Chi
cago he told why he did it
The mayor had a written address to
deliver. He tried to deliver it, but the
hum of the assembled crowd discour.
aged him. So after reading about a
third of the speech he tossed it to one
side and concluded:
II could read the rest of this speech
to you few in the front rows, and the
rest of you could read parts of it to-
morrow morning in the newspapers,
to which l have sent copies. But |
won't finish.
Let me repeat that l am proud to
be here, and let me add these words:
l am asked why have appointed COL
ored men in my cabinet.
Here's Why He Did It.
Here is my answer:
81. Because the persons appointed
were essentially fitted and qualified
for the positions they we're selected
to fill
20. Because, in the name of human.
ity, it is my duty to do what can to
elevate rather than degrade any class
of American citizens.
"3. Because during the pre- election
campaign I gave you my word that, if
elected, I would give you a square
deal, and Bill Thompson keeps his
word"
Mr.. Carey Talks.
The subject of the mayors appoint
ments to office was introduced by the
Rev. A. J. Carey, who presided and
presented Mr.. Thompson.
''The colored people," Mr.. Carey
said, TASK no favors and no sympa by,
nor do they ask any return for any
support they may give to any cause,
political or otherwise. They ask only
for what they deserve as American
citizens
whatever Mayor Thompson has
done, whatever he will do, he will do
not out of sympathy for the descend
ants of race once enslaved but for
American citizens who have earned
their position"
Cheers interrupted the speaker.
On the Way to Washington.
william Hale Thompson may not
be elected president in 1916" he
went on, "but I'm sure he will be in
1920. l helped elect him alderman; |
helped elect him county commission
err; helped elect him mayor. And
my work will not be complete until
have helped elect him president"
Then the storm broke and the
crowd went wild.
In his speech, among other things
Mayor Thompson said:
II know that in some quarters
have been criticized severely for ap-
pointing few representative colored
citizens to positions of honor, and
trust, and dignity. 1 am glad to take
the full responsibility and the honor
of making every one of these appoint
ments, and l want to ask my critics
to be as manly and to come out into
the open light of day with their un-
American sentiments.
LOO mucn publicity is given the
shortcomings and frailties of the COL
ored man and too little publicity is
given his genius and skill.
I'VE read in the daily prints column
after column of sickening detail of
crime or misdemeanor committed bv
some weak, abnormal member of the
colored race, but seldom do we see
accounts of the contributions to the
worlds work by colored sculptors,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-10-02

riot, the author being at that time a
resident of Atlanta.
September, 1915, being the ninth an
niversary of the massacre and the
recent renaissance of burnings and
lynchings in Georgia render the publ
cation timely.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-10-02
The MAN WHO DAREs

] honor tho man who in the con-
sclentious discharge Of his duty dares
to stand alone; the world, with ienor-
ant, intolerant judgment, may con-
denim, the countenances Il relatives
may be averted, and the hearts Of
friends grow cold. but the sense Of
duty done shall be swseter than tho
applause Of the world, the ceuaten-
sncss Of relatives or tho hearts Of
friends. Charles Summer.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-10-02
TINSEl CHIVALRY.

The Southern Caucasians are con-
yelling about their chivalrous
regard for women and their determin-
alton to protect females from assaults
etc., but in view of many happenings
in the Southland it is evident, that
that their chivalry is of the tinsel
VARIETY ii
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-10-02

Many colored people are adyocat-
ing self effacement" for the race as
the solution Of the race problem. The
more the race gives the more its
enemies will demand. Never willingly.
relinquish any right. rs
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-10-02
BOOM FOR THOMPSON.

Twin City Republicans Want Him to
Run for President.
Minneapolis and st. Paul Repub-
icans are planning a big reception for
Mayor William Hale Thompson of
Chicago. They regard him as good
presidential timber and plan to start
boom for his nomination.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-08
EVERS BACK IN GAME

CHICAGO. August "a timely t,,,,.
by Cy Williams broke up the Anal
game Q: tAe series here to-day, Chi
esgo nak!ag a clean sweep OF the
series, 10 2. and winning their MIN
straight game. with the score 2 70
aga!"s; them IN The last half OF the
n.!ntA. Z!m!aernan singled 10 center.
hlFEaE AHed one q, Tyler's shtns
wnich 'yent tor a single, and W!lliams
io!!o"ed With his Triple 10 right, tying
me score hughes replaced Tyler and
;-!cHef TANNED McLe-ry vas purpose
~ passed, and on Stand-idge's Der-
iect squeeze play, Williams scored the
Captain Eve.s. who was rain....od
after ms th!ee-d2% suspension, scored
notn Of the runs Tor Boston He waiked
IN me hrst INNING and scored later on
single by Nagee. In the nfth E;vers
singled, ana Connolly and Maze fois
!oWea WIN hits. Scurt "
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-08
SUFFOLK WINS ON MERITS
AND Gets ONE ON FORFEIT
Rocky Mount Defeated in Twelve
Innings, and Stops Play in
Second When Ahead.
ORPHANS FINALLY WIN GAME
Former Petersburg Clmb Comes From
Rear and Defeats Buildcrs-Nor-
folk and Portsmouth Divide Honors
In Double Bill.

SUFFOLK, VA. August For the
third timo this week Suffolk and
Rocky Mount faced each other to-day,
and n battle royal 1t was. For twelve
innings one of the most mastery exlii-
billions OF the national game ever seen
on this diamond won't on, the locals
winning by the score of l to o in the
twelfth. Poole. for the home club. and
lcake. for the Tarhcels pitched great
ball by special agreement and SO
announced before tho second game.
that game WAS to go until 6:1O. re-
CARELESS Of innings. With the score
z to l In favor of the Ryanites at the
END OF the seventh. Manager Ryan,
disregnrdinS his agreement. ordered
MS players OFF the field eight minutes
oetore time was up, ample time for
suffolk to have played another inning
and Umpire Poole declared the game
forfeited to Suffolk, . To a. The games
were fairly and acceptably umpired by
rich In the absence Of an Official UNI
pire. The scores:
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-08
DIVIDE HONORs AT NORFOLK

NORFOLK, VA. August 7.-Norfolk
and Portsmouth broke even in the
double header to-day. the Tars win
ming the first game, to .. and losing
the second, to .. The games were
played before the largest crowd Of
the season. standing room only being
In the opener. n Thu three .in rally &,
the ninth Inning put the Tars in front
for when the final inning opened, the
opened the inning by getting life 10
hrst when Crowell threw his srounder
Wild. Cochran was sent in to pinch
hit for McManus and drew n pass
Then Crowcll Numbered again. FUN j.
bling Whitted's grounder. flling the
passes. Steinbrenncr poke ed u single 10
left. sending two men across.and adj =
vancinG Whitfield TO third. After Flynn
had flied out, McMahon slashed a hop
per toward third which Damrau could
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-08
ORPHANS WIN AT LAST

NEWPORT NEWS. VA. August T..
After taking what apparently was Il
double header with the. Orphans this
afternoon, the Shipbuilders became
overconfident and careless. Before
they realized what was happening, the
worm had turned, the ORPHANS piling
up three runs in the eighth and win
ming the game In the tenth by bunch :
they, defeat the locals In the first. but
the lowiy cellarites played them to a
standstill In the second contest, and
darkness found neither team with a
score at the end OF the ninth. This
arair had been scheduled to go ieven
innings by agreement. The second
contest was beautiful pitching duel
between Mays and Mullen, with tho
advantage with the local Finger. The
running catches by Simmons with men
on bases saved the Orphans In the
sixth and ninth as both were labeled
for triples. In the. first game, H!rsch
Eot away to bad start. but pitched
air-tight ball In the end. On the
other hand, GARDINER pitched well at
the start and went to pieces In the
eighth. Scores:
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-08
BIG STAKES LISTED
H"'re nc Grace and Laurel Mectin,.
HIVE &aa O00 Hrnu IL

~ BaA.t,.TiMoRE; August 7..Entries for
Grace ase,, meeting from September Is d to
; Step,temper 80. inclusive. closed Inst
nlSnt. thirteen are down for fecisinn
In fifteen days. The Havre de 9;rncn
n IAN. .,tI, and the Royal Blue handicnp
ench VIII nave value of $500 added
added or $1,000 guaranteed. ,n,,reI
VIII run seventeen stakes durinE tho
them. the National handicap. viii bava
2 value Of $4,000 added There viii ho
hye Of $4,000 added. three of sl.5oo
of the $1,000 added stakes are for two
year olds, the distance OF two being at
SIX furiongs and the other at a mile.
gust &c. Ao-
Tho total value Of stakes offered nv
both Havrc de Grace and Laurel nmount
TO $4,000. and these races should brinss
together the best thoroughbreds in tho