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HARRIET eEEcHER STOWE.

Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of
Uncle Toms Cabin" was born in
Litchfeld, Conn, June IA, 1911, one
hundred and six years ago, and died
In Hartford, July II, 1896.
Mrs. Stowe was the wife of Prof.
Calvin Stowe and the daughter of Ly.
man Beecher. ---.
]. F. Rhodes in his "History of the
United States From 1850" says of
Uncle Toms Cabin:
"The author felt deeply that the
fugitive slave law was unjust and that
there was cruelty in it's execution; this
inspired her to pour out her soul in
a protest against slavery. She thought
that if she could only make the world
see slavery as she saw it her object
would be accomplished; she would
then have induced people to think
right on the subject" -..@ ~
When Mrs. Stowe prepared the plan
OF the work that was to become ia
nous and profitable beyond her fond
est dream, she was approaching her
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fortieth year. Her husbands small
income hardly suff1ced to meet the
frugal needs of large household. She
was worn out with the care of many
young children and the burden of the
literary work she was doing to exc
out the salary of Prof. Stowe. There
was nothing but the prospect of bit
ter struggle for bare living when the
inspiration of a lifetime came to her
and she wrote her Uncle Toms
Cabin" When the story was first pub.
llshed serially in the National Era, an
antl-slavery paper in Washington, it
obtained little notice. When, however,
it was put on the market in book form
1t had the most extraordinary success.
Longfellow thought that while it
was one of the greatest triumphs of
literary history, it contained an even
higher moral triumph.
In England some of the most en-.
thusiastic encomiums were passed
upon the author and her book. Lord
Palmerston, Lord Cockburn, Charles
Kingsley, Lord Carlisle and Macauley
expressed their warmest appreciation
OF this strange novel and of the extra.
ordinary influences which it was hav.
Ing in so many countries.
More than 100000 copies of the
book were sold within nine months
after its publication. Thirty different
editions were published in London
within six months of the appearance
OF the book in America. It would be
long list which should contain the
number of languages in which the
work was published subsequently and
Mrs, Stoves name became familiar
one in all parts of the civilized world.
Uncle Toms Cabin" was one Of
the most remarkable books ever writ
ten and it probably did more to cause
the war Of the rebellion than any other
one influence. Abraham Lincoln, after
ne became president, expressed de-
sire to meet Mrs. Stowe and when she
came to the White House he received
her cordially. He looked at her in
tently for some time and then said.
so you are the little woman who
caused the civil war;" .,.--
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LET AGITATION GO ON, SAYS
REV. F. J. GRIMKE.

commends Protest by Guardian and
Planet-Race Will Protest Till White
America Aecords the Rights Which
Belong to Every American Citizen
STEADY Decline Of Rights Under
- 3. T. Washington Policy.
(From the Boston Guardian.)
Washington, D. c., June 1, 1917.
Dear Mr.. Trotter:-I have just read
in the last issue of the Guardian your
editorial, including the editorial of Mr..
John Mitchell of the Planet, in which
he administers very just and timely
,rebuke to DR.. Frissell for some things
which he says in the last issue of the
Southern Workman. r.
Rights Declined Under Washington.
1t is amazing that at this late day,
and after the STEADY DECLINE OF
OUR RIGHTS UNDER MR.. WASH
'INGTON'S POLICY of "quiet, unpre-
tentious SERVICE" that DIR. F'rissell
should be attempting to revive that
pernicious, un-American, unmanly,
heresay Of quiet submission to wronu.
What God directed his prophet to do
was: "Cry aloud, spare not, lift UP
thy voice like a. trumpet, and declare
unto my people their transgression,
and the house of Jacob their SINS -
And that is what we have been doing,
and will continue to do, until White
America heeds the message, turns
from it's evil ways and accords to the
colored man the rights which Justly
belongs to him as much as to any
other American citizen.
Let FrisseII Understand Once and for
All Time.
Dr. Frissell had just as we'll under
stand now, once for all, that the policy
for which he stands, as regards our
rights, will never be accepted by the
colored man. And the inculcation of
such policy comes with very little
grace from white men who never
think of following it when their own
rights are involved.
Think CoIored Unlike Whites,
1t is because, after all, they think
that the Negro is made of little diff
terent clay. and therefore that it is
alright FOR HIM TO QUIETLY SUB.
NIT TO WHAT WHITE MEN
WOULD NOT BE EXPECTED TO
SUBMIT TO, AND, WOULD NOT
SUBMIT TO WITHOUT THE MOST
VIGOROUS PROTEST?
Put Themselves In Our Place.
If some of our white friends would
put themselves in the place of the
colored man, and realize that there is
no essential difference between the
colored man and themselves, they
would be saved from some of the fool
lsh things which they recommend at
times
Let the Agitation Go On.
Let the Planet, let the Guardian, let
all the colored newspapers, continue
to speak out, and, in every other legiti-
mate way, LET THE AGITATION GO
ON. It is in vain for DR.. Frissell, or
any one else to try to stop it.
Yours for equality of rights for all
citizens, regardless of race or condi-
tion. =
FRANCIS J. GRIMKE.
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|naturalized German-American thou
sands of whom are at heart traitors
to their chosen country and many of
whom would not hesitate to strike and
will not hesitate to strike for the
Kaiser, if the opportunity comes.
1t is said that the United States
has gone into war to fight for democ-
cracy. If this is true the undemocratic
conditions at home should be eliminat-
ed before the soldiers go abroad to
fight for democracy.
Cut out all Jim Grow business in
the United States.
Give us liberty, equality and democ.
racy.
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ment, who will prepare and conduct
the same. The total attendance will
be twelve hundred fifty, of whom two
hundred fifty will be noncommissioned
officers of colored regiments of the
Regular Army, to be sent on detached
service status, and one thousand citi-
zens either enlisted under Section 54
National Defense Act for three months
beginning June 18th, with agreement
to accept appointment rendered, or
members National Guard whose status
will be as in the case of National
Guardsmen now in training camps.
2. The cOntingents of citizens and
National Guardsmen from the various
departments is as follows North
eastern Department 40, Eastern De-
partment 240, Southeastern DEPART
ment 430, Central Department 1876,
Southern Department rs plus contin-
gent from Twenty-fourth Infantry "a
and Tenth Cavalry 81, Western De-
partment 20.
3. AS far as consistent with the
character of applicants, it is desired
that men selected shall be not less
than 80 years of age. Local distribu-
ttlon as between various States and
cities and between citizens and Ma
tlonal Guardsmen is left to the discre
tlon of Department Commanders.
From all applicants Department Com
manders will select their contingent
so that definite notice to proceed to
the training camps may be given the
selected men not later than June 9th.
The training camps will be ready to
receive the noncommissioned officers
20. the Regular Army June 5th, and
all others June 18th. The course of
obstruction begins June 18th"
In addition to the continents men,
tloned above, "a men will be sent from
the Twenty-f1fth Infantry in Hawaii
and rs men from the Ninth Cavalry in
the Philippines.
Applications should be addressed to
the Commanding Generals of DEPART
ments as follows: Northeastern De-
partment. Boston, Mass, Eastern De-
partment, Governors Island, N, Y.
|Southeastern Department, Charleston.
s. c., Southern Department, Fort Sam
houston, Texas, Central Department,
chicago, ILL.,. Western Department, San
Francisco, CAL
The contingent from each Depart
ment will be as follows: Northeastern
4O, Eastern 24O, Southeastern 43O.
Central 1875, Southern rs, Western 90
Ihe remaining 250 will be noncommis
stoned officers from regiments as indi-
Gated above.
H. P. MCCAIN,
The Adjutant General.
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The Cause Of Migration
ATLANTA (Ga.) independently


When meat was 15c a Mound and
flour $500 barrel, the colored laborer
received from $4.0O to $500 a week.
Now meat is Soc a pound and -four
$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.
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TRIBUNE VOMITS AGAIN.

The following from the Chicago
Tribune seems like a voice from the
tomb. 1t is on par with some .ot
the stuff printed by the copperhead
Tribune before and during the slave.
holders rebellion. The writer may
have been born since 1870 but his
think machine was evidently cast in
one of the left over molds of 1850. II
is headed: -
BLACK MAN, STAY SOUTH!
They say down south that "niggers
are all right in their place." but where
is that place? South? At Memphis
Tenn, a Negro was recently burned
alive. North? At East St. Louis, Ill.
Negroes are mobbed, beaten, and run
out of town. ~.
We taunt the south with race preju.
dice when it burns "bad nigger," but
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WITH MARKED CARDS.

In It's Army Of Democracy q. s.
A. Begins With a New Jim
Crowism Added to the Rest to
Fight for World Democracy,
: but to Have Distinctions Of Col
or in Our Own Army-Denia1
Of Equality.
(From the Journal, the leading daily
paper of Boston, Mass, June %,
1919
THE DEAREST PROMISE IN THE
WHOLE OF THE CONSTITUTION
IOF THE UNITED STATES IS THE
PROMISE OF EQUALITY FOR ALL,
OF RACE, COLOR OR
PREVIOUS CONDITION OF sERv1-
|TUDE. z1
But it is not always pleasant for a
Negro to read that promise.
marked Cards."
Nor will the Negro feel thrill of
promise when he comes to write
down his name for service to his coun.
try. For the registration card makes
a distinction of color. The man who
puts his name to that piece of paste.
board signifies that his life is at the
disposal of this government in war.
That should be enough. But no-the
government asks that he shall spe-
city his color" Literally, this govern.
ment is beginning with marked cards,
We don't need to review the fine
record of the African race in fighting
the battles of America. Its men
have been in the front rank wher-
ever there came an opportunity to
serve. History vouches for that.
Now a Jim-crow Registration.
And here, when we come to fight
Tor democracy, we find distinctions
drawn according to the color of a
mans skin. -.
Negroes have not Jared well dur
ing the present national administra.
ton: They have disappeared from
public Offices, and Jim Grow grin
OF the South has grown firmer. And
NOW A JIM CROW REGISTRA.
TION. = -
Race and color in our "Army Of De.
mocracy." 49,
II we were to define democracy as
applied to the army of democratic
nation, we should picture men of all
races and all creeds grouped together
IN equality. A white millionaire's son
might share a tent with a Negro and
Ia chinese. But-"color"! =
Race, color and previous condition
OF servitude apparently are to be
recognized in our army of democracy
Blunder No. i.
Must Be Wiped Out.
But it must be wiped out. If an
arlstocratic snobbishness has. drawn
up the registration blanks, a demo
cratic decency must later denv the
distinction. -,
est boast.
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Just see how we northerners detest
even good niggers The real race
prejudice is ours. Our very philan-
thropists betray it. They saw to a
black man, God bless you, good-by,"
whereas the south says, :" =
you, come here" Or put it this way:
The northerner is a great friend of
the Negro but not of a Negro; the
outherner is a great friend of Negro,
but not Of the Negro.
Prof. Munsterberg once described
the race as passive at every turn of
fortune yet within the last year
Negroes by the thousand have actively
undertaken to find place for them
selves. They have come north. It
was a huge mistake. They escape bar
barous punishment for their occasional
crimes while winning no appreciation
for their habitual virtues. They are
disliked. When their presence be-
comes burden, as at East St. Louis,
they are abused.
It is on these terms only that they
enjoy the longed for liberties of the
north"-its social equality" for in
stance. But do they really enjoy that?
Our observation goes to show that the
Negro is happiest when the white race
asserts its superiority, provided that
sympathy and understanding accom-
pany the assertion. Not long ago a
Virginian noticed very gloomy black
porter in northern hotel, and, learn
ling that the Negro had come from
Virginia, said, ,,s"You - ~ black
fool go back, to Virginia!" The reply
revealed much: 20, Cunnel, denis de
fust kind wuds dat's been spoken to
me since All come up noff!" r.
Southerners insist that "the niger
must be kept down. They enforce
the color line. Yet they will work side
by side with Negroes, befriend them
in adyersity, and overlook their minor
faifngs. Gradually they are working
toward the results suggested in the
carton on this page. They do not hate
Negroes. In their heart they like
them. Said Dooley: "I'm naught
troubled whin the naygur is amon'st
his oppressors, Hinnessy. What
throubles me is whin he falls into tn
hands iv his liberators.'' .~.-. -
In the same city where the forego-
ing vomit was spewed up, Miss So
phronisba Breckenridge, of the Uni.
versity of Chicago, Southern woman
and one Of the famous Kentucky
family of Breckenridge, said:
"The cry has gone up from large
number of people: What are we going
to do with these dreadful men and
women who are coming to us from
the South? say we should be here
to welcome them, to help them, to give
them chance to make Chicago a bet.
ter home than they could find in the
South =
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TERMS OF LIBERTY
LOAN BOND.

3 Liberty Loan bonds of the
first issue of $2,OOO,OOO,OOO
are to bear date of June Is,
1917, and to run for thirty
years, except that the Govern
ment reserves the right to pay
them fifteen years after date.
If this right is not exercised
by the Government fifteen
years from date, the bonds will
run the full thirty years.
These bonds bear interest at
37s per cent per annum, and
the interest is payable semi
annually on the fifteenth day of
December and the fifteenth day
of June in each year.
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THE TOMB OF WASHINGTON

British, French and Italian mis-
sions" have already visited the United
States and others from Russia, Japan
and Serbia are enroute. The British
and French missions visited the tomb
of Washington and placed wreaths
thereon. Millions of loyal colored
America citizens are deferred from
visiting the tomb of the Father of
His Country" by the knowledge of the
fact they would be obliged to travel
in jim.crow cars to reach Washington's
last resting place. ~.
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A Chinese Puzzle.
(From the Cleveland Gaz

(From the Cleveland Gazette,)
The governor of Massachusetts, and
mayor OF Boston are trying to find out
why Jews are refused enlistment in
that states field artillery and in the
nrst coast artillery. Also, why Afro
americans from that state land
others) are refused at the Plattsbure.
N: T., officers military training CAMP
where DIR. J. E. Spingarn is a major.
in-training. -'~-...7 -, -
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Hates the Term "Neoro. y

i hate the term Negro because it
Is being used in terms Of hatred. It
Is the cause Of the segregation OF the
Negro; 1t is being used in contempt
IN public places; it is an excuse for
DISTINGUISHING him; and it is an ex-
cuse Tor 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." s."-Ex-Asststant
united States Attorney General VIM
II. Lewis, Boston, Mass.
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The Eternal GospeI

(F'rom the Martinsville Pioneer-Press)
We have no respect for a seryile
crlnging colored man. He is of more
service to his people under the sod
than on top of it.-Richmond (Va)
Planet. That is our eternal eosnej
preach it in the valleys and On the
mountain tops.
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Must Have Place in School
(From the Chicago Defender,

tFrom the Chicago Defender)
Our naval training camp has every
nationality under the sun. AS a red
flag to fout 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 q mon
and broom. Space must be made for
the boy of the Colored race ia the
school for which we are paying taxes.
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the SIN OF SILENCE

10 sin BY silence when we should
protest makes towards out Of men.
The human race has climbed on nro-
test. Had no voice been raised against
Injustice, ignorance and lust. the in
quisitlon yet would serve the law. and
euIIIotines decide our least disputes.
Tho few who dare must speak and
speak sgais to right the wrongs of
many.-ElIa Whoolsr Nvilcox.
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OFFICIAL NOTICE.

Segregated Training Camp for coIored
Citizens.
The following letter to the Chief of
Stan Departments of the Army gives
brief outline of the provisions made
for training camps for colored citizens.
l. You are advised that training
camps for colored citizens will be es.
tablished at Fort Des Moines, Iowa,
under Section 81, National Defense
Act, and the regulations prescribed
for present training camps, except as
modified herein and hereafter. The
camp is under the control of the De-
partment Commander, Central Depart
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Negroes and Dogs Not Allowed"

(From the Nashville Clarion)
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-
iatlng 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.
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Not Consistent

baltimore (Md.) Commonwealth
President Wilson cannot consistent
~ contend for liberty, equality and
Justice for Belgians, Russians. Poles.
french, English and Teutons without
conceding justice, liberty and equal
ity to ALL citizens of his own com.
try. - ~1
The Appeal., 1917-06-16

Submitted by THE APPEAL Orient
fund $1oO0O00 be publicity the secular
tisng Clubs the World M
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Worse to Ask for Jim Crow.
(From the Cleveland Gazette.)

tFTom the Cleveland Gazette.)
We agree with the editor of the
n. =. News It is bad enough to have
segregated Tor Jim croW'D military
training camps FORCED on us by the
government, but infinitely worse to
ASK for them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-01
MEETINGS
FORECLOSURE SALES.

SUPREME COURT. COUNTY or Ne"
yoRK-The Emigrant Industrial say
ines Bank, plaintiff. against Joseph Parettl
and others. defendants. -
closure and sale. duly made and entered IN
the above-entitled action and bearing date
tho 6th day OF November, 1918, l. me
nndersigned the referee in said Judgment
waved will sell at public auction, al the
FvchanCe Salesroom, No. 1915 NeSey
street in the Borough OF Manhattan. CIty
~ New York on the 10th day or Febru-
arv 1917. at ~ o'clock noon on thdt day
Nv BRYAN L. kennedy. auctloneer, the
premises directed BY said judgment 20 %
sold. and therein described as follows
All that certain lot piece or parcel OF
land. with the building thereon situate
iVing and being in the Borough Of Man
Gatfsn civ County and State Of New
Work and known as number one hundred
and ninety-one Spring street bounced Hhu
. containing as follows. "a,
CommencinR at point opposite the
middle of party wall distant clsnty- Two
reet and eight inches easterly from the
corner formed by the intersection OF the
oss,eriv line OF Sullivan Street with the
northerly line OF Spring street. thence
westerly along said northerly Inc OF spring
street sixteen feet nine inches 10 point
onposlte the centre Of another party wall
thence northerly parallel with sullivan
Street, and through said party wall one
hundred feet 20 property now or late OF
the Methodist Episcopal Church; thence
-asterly along the same. sixteen feet nine
inches: thence southerly parallel with sui
Ivan Street and through said first mon
toned party wall one hundred feet 70 the
nor,herly side Of Spring Street az the point
or place Of beginning. Be said distances
and dimensions more or less.
Dated. New York, January 22nd. 1917.
FRANCIS W. POLLOCK. Referee
r e. Z. J. O'GORMAN, Attorneys FOR
Plaintiff. No 81 Chambers street, Man
haitian. New York City.
The following is a diagram OF the prop
erty 20 be sold; its street number is 1911
Snring Street