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On next Tuesday he will present
"The Canals of Venice" Safety First"
and many other features, including
Charlie Chaplin "A laugh is the spring
song in the heart of every man.
Don't fail to see these wonderful
pictures as they are of a kind YOU
don't see every day.
General admission Is cents; chill
dren 10 cents.
Miss Ida Mae Johnson will furnish
the music as the pictures are being
shown.
Mr.. Stepp, by special arrangement
and great expense, has secured the
use of the film entitled National Ban.
fist Jubilee" from the Afro-American
Film Co. of New York. This is a race
picture and the only one of it's kind
IN existence. Every man, woman and
child should see this great feature.
II has never been shown in the Twin
Cities.
This promises to be social as we'll
az financial success as over 500 tick
cts have already been sold.
Don't fail to be present on time
S:l5-to get good seats.
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scene as if. by magic when the word
that the Negro had been taken in
charge by the mob was heralded over
the city. AS the smoke rose to the
heavens, the mass of people, number
ing in the neighborhood of 10000,
crowding the City Hall lawn and over
flowing the square, hanging from the
windows Of buildings, viewing the
scene from the tops of buildings and
trees, set up shout that was heard
blocks away. Onlookers were hanging
from the windows of the City Hall
and every other building that CON-
manded sight of the burning, and as
the Negroes body commenced to burn,
shouts of delight went up from the
thousands of threats, and apparently
everybody demonstrated in some way
their satisfaction. X"
The body of young Washington was
burned to a crisp and was left for
some time smouldering in the remains
OF the fire. "Women and children who
desired to view the scene were al.
lowed to do so, the crowds parting to
let them look on" says the newspaper
account. One father, when questioned
about the propriety Of holding his lit
tie son on his shoulder where he could
get good view, is reported as saying:
my son son can't learn too young
the proper way to treat a Niger"
At IL o'clock the crowd adjourned
Tor lunch, as usual; but by quarter
past one some of the boys were back
to continue the fun. A cowboy who
had ridden in off the range created a.
diversion by lassoing the corpse and
riding all over town with the remains
dangling at the end of his lariat.
When the head bounced off as he
galloped through the reservation"
the ghetto where the Negroes and
prostitutes are segregated, some little
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boys set it up on one of the doorsteps
and extracted the loose teeth, which
are reported to have brought as high
as five dollars apiece from those who
could afford such rare and permanent
souvenirs. The few fragments which
held together till night, the under
taker was able to chuck into a very
small ash can.
Waco is a center of American cm-
ture in Texas, a great Southern col
lege town. 1t is a Christian city of
10000 population, boasting thirty-nine
White and tWenty-four colored church
es: Yet no responsible voice was
raised in protest that bloody Monday,
and only one has been since.
those who believe that crv to
heaven should be raised against this
ana every lynching, by legal prosecu-
tlon' by publicity, by cooperation with
the best white element of the South.
oy political agitation, are urged to as.
slst the National Association for the
advancement of Colored PEOPLE to
raise this $4,000 anti-lynching find
pe1ore August 1. Contributions should
De sent to Oswald Garrison Willard
treasurer, at the national headouar.
ters OF the organization, 20 Fifth avo-
nue., New York.
ROY NASH,
Secretary.
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THE WACO HORROR.

THE APPEAL prints in this Issue
the special report of an agent of the
National Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People, who was sent
to Texas to investigate the recent
handwriting at Waco, the center of
Texas Christian Civilization.
The report says: "This is the ac.
count of one lynching. 1t is horrible,
but it is matched in horror by scores
of others in the last thirty years, and
in it's illegal, law-defying, race-hating
aspect, it is matched by 2,S42 other
lynchings which have taken place be-
tween January /, 1885, and June /.
1916"
What are We going to do about
this record? The civilization of
America is at stake. The sincerity of
Christianity is challenged. The Ma
tional Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People proposes i'm
mediately to raise a fund of at least
$4,000 to start crusade against this
modern barbarism. Already $4,000 is
promised, conditional on our raising
the whole amount"
THE APPEAL has made a con-
tribution to the fund and hopes that
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Reported ahonal Associate
Advancn of Coored PEOPLE

Fifty thousand copies of the story
OF THE Waco Horror" have just been
distributed by the National Associa-
ton for the Advancement of Colored
People through it's official organ, the
Crisis, and as result campaign for
an anti-lynching fund of $4,000 has
been launched. Immediately upon
hearing the details of this American
atrocity, which for barbarity surpass-
es anything charged against the Ger
mans in Belgium, Judge Moorfield
Storey, National President of the AS
ISOLATION, and formerly President of
the American Bar Association, and
Mr.. Philip G. Peabody, both of Boston,
each offered to contribute $1,000 to-
ward such a fund on condition that
the remaining $4,000 be raised by
August 1.
The N. A. A. G. P. sent a special
investigator from National headquar-
tiers at 70 Fifth avenue, New York,
who commenced gathering evidence in
Waco, Texas, where the burning &C.
Cured, within forty-eight hours after
the lynching. Inasmuch as fifteen
thousand people had sanctioned the
affair by their presence and dozens of
pictures were taken, there was no
difficulty in ascertaining the names
and addresses of the ring-leaders and
the failure of both the Judge and
sheriff to make the slightest effort to
protect their prisoner. The Associa-
ton is bending every effort to secure
distinguished Texas lawyer with
courage enough to bring the case
against these murderers into court.
Politics, the investigator found, was
at the bottom of the affair. Sam
Fleming, the sheriff, is up for re.
election at the Democratic primary in
July. His opponent, Buchanan, though
illiterate, has three dead niggers to
his credit" and is therefore very
popular. Unless he is to go back to
selling buggies and cultivators for the
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THE WACO HORROR,

own wrist rather than take chances
mat the boy should die too soon.
Many mad come long way to attend
TINS party and they didn't want it to
END in a minute. Everybody was
happy; they shouted and sang like
punch OF fans at ball game, accord
ing to a Waco paper.
When the boys clothes had been
cut up and distributed as souvenirs
there were not. enough pieces to go
around, so somebody cut off an ear for
his Keepsake. The Waco Times-Her-
aid, published the same afternoon
said: ION the way to the scene of
the burning, people on every side took
a hand in showing their feelings in
the matter by striking the Negro with
anything obtainable; some struck him
with shovels, bricks, clubs, and others
stabbed him and cut him until when
he was strung up his body was a
solid color of red, the blood of the
many wounds inflicted covered him
from head to foot"
They took Washington to tree on
the City Hall lawn just outside the
window of His Honor, the Mayor,
which he generously shared with Mr..
Glldersleeve, the photographer to
whom we are indebted for our cuts.
A chain was thrown over the limb of
this tree, and while the fire was be-
ing lit, this bloody thing was hoisted
into the air where everyone would
have a full view. A manicurist who
works for Goldstein & Mingle, whose
windows look out on the square, told
the investigator she saw them unsex
the lad. AS the chain frightened
around his neck, this half-dead crea-
ture reached up convulsively to grab
it, so they cut his fingers off.
The Waco Times-Herald makes no
bones of it. FINGERS, ears, pieces of
clothing, toes and other parts of the
Negroes body. were cut off by members
OF the mob that had crowded to the
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every American who believes in the
supremacy of the law and the per-
petuity of democracy to give to the
cause according to his means.
THOMPSON NOT JIMcRoWlsT.

The statement of the Chicago cor.
respondent of the Boston Guardian
that Mayor Thompson of Chicago jim
crowed the colored delegation to the
Republican National convention is
without foundation in fact.
Mayor Thompson appointed Rev. A.
J. Carey, the we'll known and eloquent
minister of the Institutional Church,
a. member of the general committee
of arrangements for the convention
and he was present at nearly all of
the meetings to see that there was
square deal all around.
The tickets for the automobile ride
through the city were issued to the
colored delegates just the same as to
those of other nationalities and all
delegates were instructed to take
autos at the Congress Hotel.
Shortly before the hour for the ride,
some self-important colored men who
wished to get little glory for them
selves and boom their club asked that
the autos be sent to club tout South"
for the eolored delegates.
Rev. Carey, the colored representa-
tive on the committee, objected to this
and told the people so, but as num-
Der seemed to desire it and rather
than mar the proceedings by a row,
he reluctantly consented to the ar
rangement. So the majority of the
delegates were in this manner sepa-
rated from the main body of the visit
ors. 1t was due entirely to the jim
crow ideas of some of the colored peo-
pie themselves and was granted after
Rev. Carey had protested against it.
Mayor Thompson had nothing what
ever to do with it.
A number of the colored delegates
who were not pleased with the plans
OF the segregationists went to the
Congress Hotel and were given seats
in the autos which left from that place.
THE APPEAL believes it is but fair
to Mayor Thompson that this charge
against him be refuted. He has been
a consistent friend of the colored peo-
pie for many years and has given the
race better representation in high SAL
aried places than any Mayor Chicago
ever had.
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hardware store, Sam needed a lynch
ing to increase his popularity. The
murder of Mrs. Fryer on Monday,
May 8, came just at the right time.
Jesse Washington, colored boy of
seventeen, confessed to both murder
and rape. His trial was set for Mon
day, May Is. The crowd began gath
erlng from the surrounding country on
Sunday. When court opened, 1900
crowded into the room, inside the rail.
about the judges desk and jury box;
and 1000 more waited in the court
yard.
The District Judge of the Criminal
Court, R. I. Munroe, elbowed his way
to his desk, and the boy was brought
from his chambers, where he had been
secreted since the sheriff brought him
from Dallas in the middle of the night.
AS the jurors were called, the crowd
yelled, 1--WE don't need any jury!"
but the trial was allowed to be hur-
rled through. The jury brought in a
verdict of guilty of murder and as
sessed his punishment at death. The
sessed his punishment at death. The
defendant had waived his legal rights,
and would have been hanged that
same afternoon. There was a pause
OF a full minute. The court stenog-
rapher slipped out with his records.
Sheriff Fleming sneaked out, too.
Then a big fellow in the back of
the court room yelled, Get the mig
ger!" They took him before the court
had pronounced judgment, without the
Judge lifting finger in protest. Down
the back stairs they rushed him to
the crowd waiting outside. They put
the chain in his mouth so that he
wouldn't choke too soon, and when
those Juggling at it broke it, the driver
OF the Anheuser brewery truck, who
led the rabble, wound it around his
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any COUNTRY is THE WORLD"

" SOON n 10 TIE WOhIO.'
1t was in 1888, on July 18th, that
William Lloyd Garrison, speaking at
Exeter Hall, London, England, uttered
the momentous words: my country is
the world; my countrymen are all
mankind"
Garrison's words are the ones which
will be treasured by the ages. They
are sparks from the fire within him.
They illuminate his breadth of mind,
his Catholic spirit and his indomitable
courage. In the summer of 1888, ever
active and resourceful for the freedom
of the American slave, he visited Eng
land. BY this time he had become a
national character.
The Liberator, the anti-slavery or
gan, which had as it's motto, "Our
Country is the world, Our Country
men Mankind" was two years old.
He had been imprisoned in Baltimore,
the Georgia legislature had offered a
price for his head, and on his way
to his ship at New York, through Con-
necticut, he was pursued by sheriff
with writs for his apprehension.
But he reached London safely. It
was his first trip to the worlds met
ropolis and in company with his CO.
worker, George Thompson, he was
shown some attention by the anti
slavery element in London. Garrison
was the accredited agent of the New
England anti-slavery society, and his
object was the collection of funds for
the establishment OF manual training
schools for the youth of African blood
in the United States.
Another object was to combat an
African colonization scheme, to which
Garrison was firmly opposed. A meet
ing was arranged for the American
champion of the American slave at
Exerter Hall on the evening of July
18th. The great auditorium was
packed. Garrison was introduced by
George Thompson. He began thus:
"Mr. Chairman, it is long since I
sacrificed all my national, complex
tional and local prejudices upon the
altar of Christian love, and breaking
down the narrow boundaries IF COL
fish patriotism, inscribed upon my
banner this motto: my country is the
world; my countrymen are all man
kind.
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GOVERNOR NAMES DELEGATES
TO National Negro Congress at Wash
'ngton, D. c., Aug. % to 26.

Governor Burnquist has appointed
as delegates to the National Negro
congress at Washington, D. c.. Aug
20 to rs, the following:
MRS. w. V. Howard, Mrs. Henry
high, Mrs. Harriet Williams, George
Wills, Mrs. s. L. Maxwell, Mrs. W. r,
Francis, w. B.. Tandy, F: D. NC
cracker, Miss Katherine Lealtad. p.
Z. Archer, Mrs. w. R. Hardy. DR..
waldo Turner and Mrs. George Hoage.
all of st. Paul; W. M. Paupins. George
Il. Adams Of Duluth; Charles W.
Scrutch1n OF Bemidji; William R. Nor
RS Brown s. Smith, DR.. r. S. Brown,
=. a: Reed, Mrs. ]. NJ, Allison, Rev. T.
neapolis. = 49,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-07-29
MOVING PICTURES
At Pilgrim Baptist Church Next Tues
day Evening.

On next Tuesday evening there vii,
be big doings at Pilgrim Bantist
church on which occasion Mr.. Thad-
deus w: Stepp, Of Duluth, proprietor
OF The Stepp Moving Picture Special
ties, Will give a series of pictures.
Mr.. Stepp is the only race moving
picture manufacturer and exhibitor
in the Northwest and is we'll known
TO many OF the readers of THE AP-
PEAL and the Twin Cities.
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BARBER WANTED.

"A good, first-class barber, married O,
single, may get permanent situation
mat will pay $500 a week guaran-
teed, and half over $500. Apply to
Ehas. H. Mcdonald, Box 365, Rugby
N. ak.-Advertisement
The Oakes times., 1916-02-03

The democrats are working up
some littl, fight in the initial one of
this years campaign. There are two
sets of delegates out already for the
national convention and air ady three
names have been endorsed for nation
al committeeman. This position is
now held by John Brueggcr of Willis
ton, but his endorsements for fede raj
positions have not been satisfactory
in some parts Of the state and fight
has been started to dislodge him. His
main opponent is State Chairman
P>rry of Glendale, who is high in the
councils Of his party in this state. The
democrats are not such p aceful fel.
lows as they were some years ago.
The Oakes times., 1916-02-03
GUELPH

Carl Grady return.d Monday from
st. Paul, where he had been sightsee-
ing for several days.
A baby boy was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Lyle Minard on Saturday, Jan.
22nd.
Will Mccoy went to Glendale last
Monday to visit his small son.
There was no Literary last Friday
evening owing to the stormy weather.
The next ting will be held on Fri
day evening of next week, Feb. 11th.
Ruth Wagner and Rex Bliss wer.
home from the MI. over Sunday.
Winnie Wagner is staying at the
Maddox home this week to avoid the
bad roads and cold weather driving to
and from school.
The Ladi S Aid met on Tuesday af-
ternoon with Mrs. c. Swanson.
A four reel picture show will be
given at the l. o. o. F. Hall on Friday
evening, Feb. 4th.
The Odd PILLOWS are very busy this
winter. New members are being
taken into the lodge nearly every
week. Mr.. Scott, the banker, was the
victim last Saturday evening.
The Oakes times., 1916-02-03

Rev. James Opie will speak on his
visit to Westminster Abbey, London,
England, before the Mothers Club on
Friday at 1880 in the schoolhouse.
Mrs. Ella Doyen writes card to
The Times from Boston. In part she
says: II attended the Christian Sci.
ence church last Sunday. Enjoyed i,
very much. A very elegant church.
Am having an enjoyable time. Leave
today (Jan. 20th) for New York"
w. B. Richards, County Agent Of
the Better Farming Association, Is In
Grand Forks this week in attendance
upon the convention Of the North Da.
kota Corn and Clover Show. Mr.
Richards is on the program for IN I'd.
dress.
The Oakes times., 1916-02-03
WARD COUNTY FOR PERRY

The following is copy of the reso-
lutions adopted by the Democratic
County Central Committee of Ward
county, this state, and speakes for it.
self:
Recognizing the ability Of H. H.
Perry, our present state chairman, and
recognizing his ability As leader and
organizer, and realizing that organiz-
alton is the essential to success, we, the
Democratic County Central Commit
tee, Of Ward County, North Dakota,
meeting at Minot, Ward Co., N. D.,
on January 18th, 1916. earnestly urge
all Democrats Of this country to sup
port the said H. H. Perry for National
Committeeman at ~ peimaries,
March 2lst, 1916.
&C. 8. vesaslee, Chaisnan.
Fired L Aa1ersea, 0eezGeaxy.
The Oakes times., 1916-02-03
COUNTY NEWS
FULLERTON

E. S. Thomas left for Minneapolis
last Monday evening to attend the
auto show.
Max Rooster il "hopping counter"
for the Fullerton Lumb-r Company.
He left the Klein T. Lee store last
week.
Mrs. Mildred Knowles returned last
Monday morning and is visiting her
sister. Mrs. f. Arenstein.
T. l.. Appclquist returned from Min
neapolis last Monday morning, where
he has been taking IN electrical
course. He also attended the auto
show.
+. w. Tcichmann left Friday even
ing for Minneapolis to attend the auto
show and visit friends.
Mrs. Hazeltine and baby of Oakcs
spent few days with Mrs. T. L. "
last week.
T. l.. Lee went TO Oakes last Fri
day evening. returning Saturday.
On account of the severe cold and
stormy weather Mr.. Pazandak l'an't
ship hogs as he intended to last Sat-
urday.
Mrs. NJ. E. kipp and Miss NV 4
Teichmann arrived from Pollock on.,
day last week. Mrs. Kipp and baby
arc visiting her parents here.
Friends Of NJ. johnson are pleased
to see him out again.
j. Rittmiller is suffering with lum.
bago at the present writing.
Miss Hazel Gregory is enjoying a
two W. cks' vacation.
Mrs. VIM. Gregory, who has been en-
the sick list, is able to be up again.
While F. w. Teichmann was taking
in the automobile show 1t Mimi apolis
q carload of Bucks arrived for him.
Guess that will be good news for some
of you. There il one Of the big seven
passenger cars in the lot.
Shorty" Krader, Of Two Rivers,
Minn., has been spending q few days
with old friends in town. Shorty
says Two Rivers is some town and
that Heiney Klundt and Harry Her.os
are both making good. Glad to hear
this.
Mrs. B. ". Celensky, former Full.
lerton resident, living here fourteen
years ago, is visiting with her broth
er. Herman Dathe, was also visiting
with her parents, sister and family At
Grand Rapids, her brother, F. F.
Dathe at LaMoure, and left for Ellen
dale to visit with hcr brother, Emil
Dathe, and from there will leave for
her home ut Mcintosh, S. D.
There will be German Lutheran SER
vices next Saturday, Feb. 5th, at 2 p.
m. sharp in the Robert Arndt school.
house. All are cordially invited. Rev
H. Dierks, pastor.
The Oakes times., 1916-02-03
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

Michael Helm to Ludwig Helm q, 400.
SW 35-131-66.
Thos. A. Wrag to w. b. Hazard
$1,000. NV 15-l3l-6O.
Samuel Anderson to John NJ. and p,
j. Thelan. 5000. N1-2 23-12o-62.
Martha N. Barne to ]. H. Lindland.
$3.50. NV 2s-131-60.
w. H. Melton to Earnest w. Sim.
mons. $4,000. NE 7-l3O-63.
w. H. Melton to Mary simmons
$4,000. NV 7-lso-63.
Frank Ram to Joseph Stein'ke. 81
Lots 13 to 1s, Blk 8, Oakes.
Nellie Ream to Joseph Steinke. 81
'.ot ID, Blk 10, Oakes.
Wcst-rn Town Lot Co., to VIM
Shcffert. 500. Lots % & "a, Blk.
4, Luddcn.
F. B. Ollie to G. E. Lane. 81. SW
6-129-64.
Margaret Palsgrove to John H
Corcoran. 81. NV 10-132-61.
Amasa Kinyon to H. ]. johnson
5000. Sc 2O-132-l59.
H. ]. johnson to Louis Boysen
$500. Sc 2O-132-59.
ID. K. Sir fkin to George Steinwand
$3.50. NE 33 and WIZ of NW1-4 {
NWh of SW 34-132-64.
o. A. Rosin to Phillip Teske. $500
Lot 10, Blk 2, Baldwin's Add to Oakes
Florence Seton to Geo. A. Fridd
81. Lots 2 to 12, Blk. 6. d. F. T. w
Add to Glendale.
w. d. Worr-r to d. d. Jones. 1915
NV 28-l32-65.