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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-09-15
Why Did They Prefer "coIored?"
(FrOm the New York Sun.

We trust that all Of the advocates
learned and otherwise, white and
black, North and South-of the use
of the word Negro" as race term
have caught the full meaning of it's
use at Houston, Texas. At the re-
quest of the Twenty-fourth Infantry
men themselves, the authorities de-
cided to refer to them henceforth as
"colored'' soldiers. They had been de-
rided and nagged and goaded by the
corrupted use of the word until for
bearance ceased to be one of their
virtues. They had become contemptu-
ously and constantly referred to in
the daily press not as American SOL
diers, or Americans, nor as uncle
Sans Boys or in any other respectful
terms. They had been designated and
debased in the public mind there
these brave, manly defenders of the
American fag-as Negroes" Per-
ceiving this evil practice and influence
the while officers Of the Twenty-fourth
appealed to the authorities to use the
word "cOlored" instead With the
word "colored," troopers or Soldiers
would have to be used. A kindlier
feeling between the soldiers and the
townspeople they were sure would in
evitably result They we're profoundly
right, but they we're too late. Had
the practice obtained prior to their
coming in Houston, different state
of affairs might have ensued. We ask
all promiscuous, wilfulsand Indifferent
users of the word Negro to ponder,
this situation slowly. The request of
the troopers and their officers for the
change should be striking example
to all Doubling Thomases as to just
how the practice works out today in
hard, everyday life. Whatever the ar
gument about making it respectable in
the future, it decreases respect for the
race today. It does no good today.
It does much harm. What reason,
then, for its use? Are you willing to
be called a .sNigger?" Are you pleased
to have your wife or mother called
a Negroes 2" Then discontinue using
Negro" If you think it worth while
for you to be referred to as man and
your folk as people, insist on the use
of the word "colored.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-09-15
Hates the Term "Neuro"

II hate the term Negro because it
is being used in terms of hatred. It
is the cause of the segregation of the
Negro; it is being used in contempt
in public places; it is an excuse for
DISTINGUISHING him; and it is an ex-
cuse for lynching him. Only one
tenth of one per cent of the. colored
people in America can trace their
descent to Africa, and there is no
more right to call all colored people
Negroes than to call all white people
Turks or Armenians. "-Ex-Assistant
United States Attorney General VIM.
H. Lewis, Boston, Mass.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-09-15
Agreed to Be "Set Aside"
(F'rOm the EAGLE, WASHINGTON. n

(From the Eagle, Washington, D. c.
No, the colored delegates to the M.
E. General Conference, held at Sara
toga Springs, N. Y, recently, did not
walk out" They simply assented to
arrangements to be "set aside"-to be
segregated into a colored general
conference, to be presided over by q
white bishop, being denied the privi-
lege of directing their own labors in
the Masters vineyard. Two years
from now the two wings Of the M. E.
church, North and South, will unite
and the separation of the colored
membership and the refusal of bishop
rlc honors to the 100000 colored COM
municants are designed to clear the
way for the approaching "love feast"
There is verify in the assertion that,
in its primal manifestations, the
church is a social organization. with
religion as a by-product.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-09-15
CONVERTING THE ESKIMO.

Christian missionaries seem to have
made little Roadway in converting the
Eskimo in the far north, according to
Donald B. Macmillan, head of the
Crockerland expedition, who has re-
Gently returned to New York, after
four years in the Arctic.
Mr.. Mcmillan was in daily contact
with the Eskimos. He finds them
lovable and easily managed. The
members of the expedition trusted, i'm
plicitly the little colony of six fam
lilies at Eta, base of the expedition,
on the northeast shore of Greenland,
and never suffered loss by theft. Yet
the same understanding of the Eski-
mo character has made Mr.. Mcmillan
skeptical as to the power of mission
airy work to better their social stand
ards.
II don't believe the missionaries will
be able to change the social customs
of the Eskimos very greatly. They
are a happy, care-free, jovial. people.
They are continually laughing. If they
see man in serious thought for more
than few minutes at a time they
think something is wrong with him.
And, really, they have all the neces-
sary virtues right now. They love
each other they care for each others
welfare, and they protect each other.
If one is hungry all are hungry. They
have perfect socialism.
And they are absolutely honest.
Our supplies at Eta lay on the ground
in plain view of every one in the set
Element for four years, and no one
ever touched them without permits
sion. In New York after dark they
wouldn't remain four minutes before
being stolen. ......
''Piblockto" is the word that ex-
presses what the Eskimos think of the
world at war, Mr.. Macmillan said. It..
means run amuck; gone clean crazy"
The Eskimos believe that all the white
man nations have gone t'piblockto.'
tried to EXPLAIN" Mr. Macmillan
said, that the war started because
Germany wanted to acquire more land.
but they wouldn't believe it; they
only shook their heads and said /:
No; that's impossible. There is plenty
OF land for everybody When we were
getting ready to leave Eta they begged
us to remain with them why 20
back there? meaning civilization
they asked us, where everyone is pib-
lockto? Stay here with us and be
happy
THE APPEAL believes that the mis-
,sionaries who are trying to Convert
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-09-15
The Cause of Migration
(Atlanta (Ga.) independent


When meat was 15c a pound and
flour $500 barrel, the colored laborer
received from $500 to $500 a week.
Now meat is SOC pound and flour
$500 barrel, he is receiving the
same wages. He cannot live at this
and the white man cannot expect him
to remain in the South and live on the
starvation wages he is paying him
when the fields and the factories in
the North and West are offering him
living wages. If the white man will
suppress lynching and lawlessness in
the rural districts, pay the colored
man living wages, give him square
deal on the farms, better schools. open
the doors of the shops and factories
to his proWess, and let him in the
labor unions, municipal ordinances
Ito keep colored men from leaving the
South) will be unnecessary.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-09-15
GIVES HAYES "FAIR cHANcE,'
Charges of Murder Against Matt Hayes
in Riot Case Dismissed.

Belleville, Ill.-Two charges of muir
der against Matt Hayes, colored, in
connection with the killing of Detec
tives Coppedge and Wadley by negro
rioters on the night of July 1, were
dismissed today.
Hayes was released on $4,000 bond
He still is under Indictment on a
charge of assault with intent to kill
The assistant attorney general said
Hayes could be reached whenever he
was wanted and that the murder
charges were dismissed so he could
have flair chance" and obtain bond
Numerous requests for the release OF
Hayes have been received.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-09-15
"Negroes and Dogs Not Allowed"

: (FTOm the NaSnVllIe CIaTlOn)
Down in Houston, Texas are some
elevators in public buildings labeled
NEGROES AND DOGS NOT ALLOW
Ed" Generous Classification! Such
signs as these account in such meas
ure, for the exceedingly rapid manner
in which the Colored men are depopu-
lating the South. They can be neither
blamed nor censured for leaving a
town like this. They have hearts and
souls and human pride, just like the
people of other races.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-09-15

the Eskimos are "piblockto," espe-
cially those from the United States,
who are trying to impose the Amer
lean brand of jimcrow Christianity on
them. If they have all of the neces-
sary virtues right now, why waste time
and money teaching them the murder
Gus Christianity of America?
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-09-15
Must Have a Place in School
(FrOm the Chicago Defer

(From the Chicago Defender)
Our naval training camp has every
nationality under the sun. AS a. red
flag to fiout into the face of the bull,
we have Cinnamon out there, the
Filipino out there, the Greek out there,
the Hebrew out there, the Italian out
there, and God himself only knows
what else out there, but we do know
that if we are anywhere near there
we are near the bathroom with a mop
and broom. Space must be made for
the boy of the Colored race in the
school for which we are paying taxes.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-09-15

The New York mayors committee
for National Defense will start a. CAM
paign this Fall for the Americaniza>
ton of the foreign-speaking people of
the city. The slogan is to be: Zone
city, one loyalty, one people," "The
melting pot must be made to melt"
said committee members.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-09-15

In recent speech ex-senator Elihu
Root said: "America's great oppor-
tunity was slipping away, but at the
eleventh hour we grasped it and found
opportunity to restore ourselves.
Through it we shall find our national
soul and I have faith in Gods people,
for they are the earth's democracies. "
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-09-15
coLoRED TROOPS,
Baker Says They Will Be Trained in
States Where Raised,

oIdteS Wnefe RAISED.
Washington, D. C.-Secretary Baker
of the war department has announced
that colored troops drafted into the
United States army will receive the
same consideration and treatment
heretofore given them under the rules
of the army. Those colored troops
drafted in states having camps of
their own will be trained in them,
which means that the Illinois contin-
gent of colored troops will train at
Rockford. Units from other states
will be assembled and trained with
their state troops as separate organi-
cations, the same as is now done in
the regular army.
Will Be Called Separately.
The rule of the regular army in the
matter of the training of the colored
troops as separate organizations will
be adhered to-" said Mr.. Baker. "The
call for colored men will be postponed
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-09-15

The colored man has large part in
raising cotton in the South. More
than one-third of the cotton farms are
cultivated by colored men, either as
owner or tenant.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-09-15
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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-09-15
Worse to Ask for Jim Crow.
(FrOm the Cleveland Gazette. J

We agree with the editor of the
N. Y. News: 1t is bad enough to have
segregated Cor "jim crow') military
training camps FORCED on us by the
government, but infinitely worse to
ASK for them.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-09-15
PRAISES COLORED TROOPS.
Major General George Bell, Jr., Issues
statement at Houston to Check
GroundIess Rumors.

Angered at numerous wild and
groundless reports Of race riots, which,
ne declared, only serve to cause "hys-
teria' and precipitate crisis, Major
General Georbe Bell Jr. has issued a
signed statement. In it he not only
praised the conduct of Company G,
the advanced guard of the Eighth
Regiment colored, now in camp, but
he dealt upon the ability and high
character of Colonel Franklin A. Den
lson, commander of the regiment.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-09-15
The SIN Of SILENCE
To sin by silence when we should

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, the in
QUESTION yet would serve the law, and
guilIotines decide our least disputes.
The few who dare must speak and
speak again to right tho wrongs Of
many:-ElIa Wheeler Wilcox
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-09-15
Not Worthy Of Freedom.
(FrOm the Richmond Plane

FrOm the Richmond Planet.)
When race or an individual sub.
mlts uncomplainingly to oppression.
1t Is practical demonstration that
the race or the individual is not wor-
thy Of freedom.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-09-15
Police Officer Is Indicted for Houston
Riots.

Riots.
Houston, Texas.-Lee Sparks, the
Houston police officer whose alleged
assault on Sergt. Baltimore, colored
trooper of the Twenty-fourth infantry,
is said to have preceded the riot of
the colored troops on August %, in
which seventeen persons were killed
and twenty-five wounded, has been in
dicted by the Harris county grand
jury on two charges.
One indictment charges him with
aggravated assault on Sergt. Balti-
more.
The second charges him murder in
connection with the death of Wallace
Williams, a colored civilian who was
shot to death on the Sunday following
the riot.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-09-15

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??, 1917-09-15
HAMPTON AND TusKEGEE.

The Following Article is Taken From
The Cleveland Gazette, ana is Only
One of Many Such That Have Ap.
peared From the Trenchent Pen of
Rev. William A. Byrd.-Read. and
Ponder.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-09-15
GOD GIVE US MEN.

God give us men! time like this demands
Strong minds great hearts, true faith and ready hands:
Men whom the lust Of Office does not kill;
Men whom the spoils Of Office cannot buy;
Men who possess opinions and will;
Men who have honor-nnen who will not lie:
Men who can stand before a demagogue
And damn bis treacherous batteries without winkng!
TAU men, sun crowned, who live above the fog
In public duty and in private thinking
u. G. Holland.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-09-15

ferred.
Washington.-The date of gradua-
ton of the colored officers training
camp. at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, is
deferred until Oct. Is, Secretary of
War Baker announced today. Instruc-
ton at the camp will be continued I'm.
til that date
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-20
Red Cross Works on
Christmas Packages
for Every Soldier

WASHINGTON, Oct Every
American soldier and sailor will
have the best Christmas the Red
Cross can give him.
Each one in this country or
abroad will receive Christmas
package, apprcximsting = value OF
$3.50, and containing chewing gum,
tobacco, writing material, games,
dried fruit, candies, puzzles, knives
mouth organs or other articles
Each package Is to be wrapped In
q khski-colorcd handkerchief and
tied with red ribbon.
The work Of making the packages
will Jbe divided among the 2,SO Red
Cross chapters and one-third OF the
allotment will have to be in the di-
vision warehouses by November !.
money for the purchase OF the
packages is being raised through
contributions BY individuals.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-20
NAN JAILED on I.
POSTAL CHARGE
Homer Gassett Charged With
Getting Woman's Mall,

Homer Gasset was placed In the
county jail today on federal charge
OF violating The postal law. II 10
charged that he forged the name OF
Pearl Bryant to an order Tor her mail
and presented !, at the postofiice. ss-
curing Mrs Bryants mail. A few mo-.
ments later Mrs. Bryant called for her
mail and wa. informed that Gasse,,
already had obtained il on an order.
When the man was arrested by the po-
lice the letters were found unopened
In his pocket.
Mrs. Bryant is the wife y Lon -Bry-
ant whom she 10 suing for divorce.
Several weeks ago she made charges
at the police station against her hus.
band, declaring that he had kidnapped
their son, despite the fac, that Dis
triet Judge Clark had ordered the boy
placed IN the custody OF Mrs. Bryants
mother At McCurtain, Okla. Mrs.
Bryant thinks that Gasset, who is .
friend of her husband, planned to send
the letters to Bryant.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-20
SEATTLE HELLO GIRLS
ON STRIKE FOR 3 HOURS

SEATTLE, Wash. Oct. N-Seattle
telephone girls numbering approximate
ly 900 went on strike at 2 a. m today,
but returned TO work at 5 a. m, when
their business agent. W, r. Delaney
telegraphed from San Francisco that
their employers agreed to sattls theil
dunands for higher wages and recomi'
ton OF the union satisfactorily by Octo
Der n II they would return to thei'
svitchboards.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-20
PuplS 70 hear
SAVING OF FOOD
Conservation to Be Taught
During Hoover Pledge Week,

chldrea IN the high and grade
ooao(oe will writs letters TO their pa.
G9E4 6asiag composition periods on
aetssncca, November ., urging
4GQ4 IN ths iood pledge card, said
itssosd. superintendent Of
l)oQg ~ ioe4 pledge week, which
u 0sesess 4 NJ. Whiteford say,
~ aoQev1aiea ei foods will be ,augh,
A0t st1eee wherever On opportunity
CQo ltoeM. Il will probably be
- poa1Ino, geography and domes
~ eloeses, o. whenever an ap-
~ oceAeioA arises.
l III 10 oil ] can 10 see that IN,
4 - oet ~ proper instruction re
e. oaviag Of food" said Mr.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-20
$4,000
REWARD

one hundred dollars will be paid In
cash TO the first party who Identifies tho
mysterious Grace "" full name Oraco
ys:nns h-,s.r rSo w ,rrys n,.ur IN 0s:no%.
"sAUoLiN0 rONoUGS," at the Dream,
Mni Thsatsv. Reward given, provided
you shske hands with Grace"
Hks viii arrive over the Rock Island
from DallaS. Texas, going direct to the
Dreanland.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-20

Effect Soon on
Dlon Tickets,
cout On Each Ten Cents
Paid for Admission.

aUQo than now. This is not due to the
~ cost Of living. to the formation o.
I Snoricat combination in restraint OF
ko1h or aayehinG of that character
~ . he var. Aiter November ] the
new var revenue tax measure becomes
effective. One Of the provisions OF the
3 4 3 tax q one cent on each ~
eeGas q Fraction tharsof paid for ad-
alsaioa y IN plaes Of amusement,
1sv YiaA Wiil wsrk.
49, ssvsssi conferences. local the
s1r)oot otVDonnsers havs arrived At q plan
p Ssssy3og out tiAelr part Of the tax
aa CSaeVno viii u asked, in 20 for
II fpop6le, 70 carry, their own penny
na Ilsea whsa. for instance, =
~ eueelnDss tue Decent tickets to
3 oei1ea pleture theater, bot has no
S)1U9 o6oes smaller thsn q half dollar,
g. SbSb)d teadef the half dollar and
~ euDDes psnaies He will be given
. - u change.
6soea, ssasoN tickets, etc, are sub
~ y ~ sams tax - resularly'pur'
cas6 Nekets. In order to care Tor
49, holding such psases and season
hehsts, he managers will have IN their
~ e(llces i-csnt, 2-ceat and 3.cent
49,, toe justsaes. The holder OF the
061o Win tAea purchase . ticket cor
irespendiag with the variety Of seat ne
49, - occupy. This he will present
= u ticket -taker, whose report must
S1D4 IN dat ci M ticket-seller. Thus
I askork vill be kept on all such admis-
04hp Noathly Report.
UnIR ~ law is devolves upon tho
ouuv q IL useaier or other place OF
onroG1ppne b wake . report monthly
- ~ OoUesol collector Of internal reve-
- . a. smount Of business done BY
~ Vbooo1s, Accompanying this report,
Vkih = 0ale r. an official form, must
q QGo0 Tx u tax. Ths report
= - u honesty Of the manager,
- ~ teen1iea d msds . inisdssneanss.
tl0GW Dlaces, h was said here to-
-. - (AGaters have raised the prices
a ~ - ~. ..d sh.., o.v ,h..
80 !! - Z &C. .,'e.. ano '"en Ttu pay ,,,o,i n1
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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-20
20 ANkSalea:F FtFHia
TO MIDDLE WEST CITIES

DAYTON, Ohio, Oct D.-Wsather
conditions were ideal At the Wilbur
Wright army aviation field near here
today for the flight OF twenty airplane.
to Columbus, Cincinnati, Dayton and
indianapolis. to drop Liberty loan lit
erature bombs" on those cities.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-20
Oklahoma Doys Patriohe.

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Oct. 20
Purchases OF the Second. Liberty loan
at Camp Travis yesterday among men
Of the Nine,ie,h division, national
army. reached 81. .Wl 100,