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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-02-17

cent on investment. The report also
says the year was the most prosper
GUS In the history Of the company. AS
this company is only one of many such
companies, who, it is reasonable to
presume made the same proportional
gains, does it not follow that the out.
rageously high prices that have been
ana now are being charged for meats
are thus shown to be little short of
wholesale robbery. When people are
compelled to pay, in many instances.
three times as much as they formerly
paid for the same meats, does this
not show conclusively that such con.
Germs as Armour & Co. are largely
responsible for the high cost of liv-
ing that is driving people to suicide.
Ihere should be some plan by which
such concerns should be prevented
from lining their Golfers by imposing
their unfair and uncalled for prices
on the public, for the necessaries Of
life.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-02-17
THE SHAREHOLDERS rebellion

lite oIAVE1OIOehS' REBELLION
The national order of United Daugh.
tiers of the Confederacy, recently in
annual session at Dallas, Texas
passed resolution urging upon the
people of the United States that here.
after they refer to the war of seces.
sion as the war between the states
and not as the '*civil war" as has been
customary. The ladies have a lot OF
nerve like Southerners .. The male
persuasion. For many years icy
have been telling us that the South
was right and the North was wrong
in the great struggle and to a great
extent the North has accepted that
view of the case so that nowadays
there is very little respect even in
the North for the Northern soldier
who fought to preserve the Union.
1t is disgusting to any believer in
real democracy to note the ascendency
OF the people who rebelled and sought
to destroy our great Nation. The
Southern people were rebels in the
true sense of the term and they de-
sired to perpetuate slavery. The
proper designation for the great
struggle from 1861 to 1866 is the
SHAREHOLDERS REBELLION.
That is what THE APPEAL has
called it in the past and we shall con
tinue to call it by that name.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-02-17
"Any prejudice whatever will
be insurmountabIe if those who
do not share in it themselves
truckle to it and fIatter it and
accept it as law of nature"
John Stuart Mill.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS.

During the present week the cen
tennial of the birth of Frederick Doug
lass has been celebrated all over the
United States, by people who desired
to do honor to one of the most Won
derful men this country, or any other,
has produced. Born a slave and ham,
pered by this fact of his lowly birth,
coupled with the inhuman color pre-
JUDGE of this country, he rose to
heights that few men so hampered
dream of. He has left his imprint on
the pages of history and has a place
in the hearts of his fellow men none
can hope to equal. AS the years roll
by, the name of the "Old Man Elo-
quent" will be more and more revered
by the people in whose interest he
spent his life.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-02-17
LET THE CONSTITUTION ALONE.

LET THE CONSTITUTION ALONE.
Wind TANNER Bryan, elated with
the undeserved success of the Demo
Gratis in the recent national election,
is asking a little too much of his party.
In a speech at a dinner recently given
in his honor at Washington he urged
the adoption of nationwide prohibit
ton and woman suffrage which is a
little more than the average Democrat
can stand for. He also advocated
the passage of an amendment for the
election of the President by direct
popular vote and to amend the con.
stitutton so as to make that instru.
ment more easily amendable. This
latter suggestion would undoubtedly
meet their hearty approval as the
fourteenth and fifteenth amendments
to the constitution have been worm
wood and gall that they would like
very much to get rid of and in their
place put something that would further
outrage and crush the colored people.
We have got to stand the Democratic
administration for the next four years
but we most sincerely hope that after
that this beautiful land of ours will
not be cursed by their domination any
longer.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-02-17

to be a more energetic cooperation
to try to work out for the colored
American special status in which
at least during what may be called
his political and social minority, he
could be protected in his civil rights
and assured conditions of develop.
ment, though not granted the politi
cal privilege which would make him
in his present condition weight upon
southern progress and a cause OF
anxiety or race feeling. The political
genius of America ought to be able
to work out such compromise"
The Tribune's words are so lin.
compatible" with the genius of de.
mocracy that they answer themselves,
Think of the Tribune proposing a
special status" for the colored Ameri-
can, after the Supreme Court of the
United States, headed by a. Southern
Chief Justice, has thrown the grand.
father clause and other Southern
political schemes into the scrap heap!
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holders Rebellion and has since been
a persistent enemy of the colored
people has started little movement
to cut Southern Representation in
Congress.
We quote some of it's editorial slush,
which if carefully read, will be found
to contain in itself sufficient answer
to the Tribune's punk ideas of politi-
cal morality.
Nevertheless it is the duty of every
American, regardless of party, to at
tack a condition which not only runs
counter to the principles of represen-
tative government, but also is demon
alizing to our political morality and
the right development of our national
policies.
Doctrinaires and sentimentalists in
the north demand the enforcement of
the right of franchise of the Negro in
the south. There is no such demand
in the north generally, for it is recog-
nized that political domination by the
Negro is not desirable It is realized
that the premature enfranchisement
of the slave was misfortune to all
concerned, however justifiable as a
war measure. Intelligent opinion in
the north is in harmony with intelli-
gent opinion in the south in desiring
for colored people defense from ex-
ploitation and conditions of orderly
progress. Thinking men and women
in both sections realize that these
desiderata are retarded, not advanced,
by pressure for full political privileges
and the fear it keeps alive among
southern white men.
"But if we do not adhere to dog
mas, which, by the way, is one of the
weaknesses of the Jeffersonian Democ-
racy the south helps to perpetuate, if
we sympathize and support the souths
determination to deal with it's prob
lens as conditions, we do not waive
our right to protest and if possible
prevent the south from making it's
necessity cover for unfair political
profit"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-02-17
HE is ALWAYS IN 1T.

There are very few events of Ma.
tional Importance to the United States
in which the colored man has not fig
ured in some way. He was with Co.
lumbus when he discovered America;
he was among the first to die in the
Revolutionary war; he was with Jack
son in the war of 1872; he was with
Perry in the battle on Lake Erie; he
was in the civil war to the number Of
nearly 100000; he was much in evil
dence at San Juan Hill; he was with
Peary at the discovery of the North
Pole; he was quite feature in the
recent Mexican trouble and now it
seems he is to be the cause of getting
us into the world war, if color preju-
dice does not prevent George Wash
ington, the American citizen who was
killed on the British ship Turino from
receiving the same consideration as
an American citizen that any other
citizen is entitled to.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-02-17
TUSKEGEE ON LYNcH,NG

A number of Northern newspapers
are publishing Tuskegee reports of
the 1ynching of 81 American citizens
in 1916, commenting thereon, and con.
graduating the country that there
were fewer cases than in 1915.
Tuskegee has for several years re-
ported smaller number of lynchings
than other observers have been able
to record. 'o
Reliable and accurate reports show
that 80 colored people alone and a
few whites were mob-murdered in
1916. Five of the colored people were
women and one was a child. Another
helllsh fact was the roasting to death
OF five colored persons. -"
The Tuskegee reports are in line
with the Tuskegee policy of minimiz-
ing the injustices, outrages and
crimes of the Caucasians of the South
against the colored people.
Inaccurate reports do more harm
than good and the Tuskegee people
ought to present accurate data or cut
out their lynching bulletins.
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AS OTHERS SEE US,
20, wad some power the giftie gle US
To Sc 0lrSeH as ithers see is

20, Wad some power the giftie gle US,
TO sc ourseP as ithers see u.s."
Bobby Burns was, what we would
call nowadays, wise guy"
We Americans think we are the
whole show" but are we?
Sir Rabindranath Tagore, the IA
nous East Indian poet, winner of the
Nobel Prize for literature, doesn't
think we are, and recently criticized us
most numerically. He said we are
building ugly cities, are too self
assured, are nationally Connected and
are forgetting the fine simplicity of
life in our mad rush for money, and
we must admit that he is about right.
He says, there is more to life than
just making money. Life calls for
leisure not machine-made days of
money-mad activities. "You hurry so
you forget that life at it's best is Just
simplicity, taking time to get the
things that money can never buy.
Like a popcorn wagon are your
modern ideas of life. Everything is
popping and bursting in different d.
rections, no peace, no poise any.
where"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-02-17
"WHY AMERICANS FAIL"

II ls notorious fact that in spite OF
Pan-American congresses, long-winded
eultorlals In American newspapers
etcetera, the United States is far be
mind Germany, Great Britain, France
and Spain so far as trade in Latin
America is concerned.
A book by A. Wyatt Verrill on
epe1L ueol1emv ls141eO puv uanos.
conditions of Today" recently issued
oy Dodd, Mead & Co., New York. has
This to say under the heading, "Why
Americans Fall
Race or religious prejudice. con.
ascension, discourtesy or bluff have
no place in Spanish America. The
Lat1n'American is a gentleman first
last and all the time. He has never
acquired our habit of being a gentle
man In private life and a boor in
business and he expects others to be
as courteous as himself and If they
are not he judges them accordingly
no may be white. brown, yellow OF
olack, but he remembers that one OF
MS ancestors was probably a plumed
grandee of Old Spain. You may SCOT
at his ideas. you may laugh at his
laltn, you may curse at the "lazy
Greasers," and through it all he may
smile, treat you with respect and DO
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 a number
OF editorials along this line showing
that Americans have lost millions of
dollars through their jimcrow methods
and 1t 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. 81
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CITIZENS COMMITTEE OF ONE, HUNDRED

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w. A. Weir, G. w. Stewart, B. C.
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THE HYPocRITIcAL tribune.

In another editorial THE APPEAL
has called attention to the hypocriti-
cal fight the Chicago Tribune has
started to cut down Southern repre-
sentatiOn.
In another issue the Tribune claims
to be actuated by a desire to correct
a condition incompatible with prog
"ess and democratic society,"" And
IN the same editorial it throws off it's
'oask and says:
An Intelligent majority of the north
can We relied upon to defend the south
from colored domination. There ought
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-02-17

There have been SO Saturdays in the
year 1916 and as THE APPEAL has
appeared on each one of them our sub
scribers have been given one extra
copy as "lanieppe" as they say in
New Orleans.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-02-17

They brought him down from the
operating table at 1870. 1t was a seri-
GUS operation, the second he had
undergone in two weeks. At four
saw him sleeping in the ward, either
Still hiding from him the sick horror
that awakening might mean. HE is
unconscious, and we cannot tell yet, !"
said the nurse, "but he seems to have
stood the operation pretty WELL"
So I walked out of the hospital,
thinking of all it would mean to twelve
million people if this champion of
theirs were not permitted to live.
Others would take up the guage where
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-02-17
The SIN OF SILENCE

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
guillotines decide our least disputes.
The few who dare must speak and
speak again to right the wrongs Of
many.-EIla Wheeler Wilcox.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-02-17

he threw it down; others might WELD
brilliant pens; others would speak
with something of his quiet eloquence
But never again could these millions
find another leader exactly like him.
l said to myself then, and l say it
to you now: What the Colored peo-
pie need most of all is not money, or
land, or political power, or patronizing
friends, but unpurchasable leaders,
leaders who would not sell their souls
for the good will of their neighbors or
for big buildings, any more than they
would for dollar or job"
J. E. SPINGRARN.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-02-17
HIGH COST OF LIVING.

According to the annual report of
Armour & Co., meat dealers of Chi
cago, made public last week, the net
earnings were $2O,1O0,OOo or 20 per
cent on capital stock and 14.7 per
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p r. OG r. A NJ
FREDERICK DOUGLASS

p r. O G r. AM
openmg'' Q. ADAMS
Chou-bate Hymn of the Republic" AUDIENCE
Led by c. H. MILLER.
PIANO Selted MRS. CATHERINE CHAMBERS
Minneapolis
o. FOLK oong-"Steal Away
ST. JAMES A. M. E. DRAMATIC CLUB
Direction c. D. Jackson
Ode to Frederick Douglass (Oginal) HAZEL DONALDSON
Ionralo-Song OF June MRS. HATTIE HALL
Soprano (Seleced) EIENORA BARKSDALE
H. Due-"Ba rcarole"-Taes of Hoffman
MRS. BELLE SALTERS TYLER, MRS. IRENE SAITERS HARRIS
H. ln'ooucuon T. FRANCIS, ESQ.,
L. Auore REV. J. NJ HENDERSON, D. D.
H. Soprano"Who Knows" Dunbar John LEWIS
IT, Tenor \oeleced D. JACKSON
To- 'nou TREBLE CIEF CLUB
(a) Spring Song Q) Folk Song
16 Soprano (Seected) MRS HATTIE 1OOnnc o1 r,rn
H. ne"euc1on REV. A. H. LEAITAD
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-02-17
HAMPTON AND TUskEGEE.

The Following Article is Taken From
The Cleveland Gazette, and 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??, 1917-02-17

SOUTHERN REPRESENTATION.
The Chicago Tribune, which was a
sheet during the Slave
The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-21
SHORT SCHEDULE FUR NATIONAL
 LEAGUE
(By United Press)

NEW YORK, Dec. 21.-Because of Gov. Tener's calm and firm stand against requesting the government for special exemptions for ball play. CTS, the National league began It's meeting here today more firmly en- trenched in favor of the public than for many a day.
 Differences that may come up over other matters will be trifIing atlthis meeting compared to the gIoojr of uncertainty that is sure to be casst3a1l into the Waldrof by crubowneSs whb are certain to lose many ball Ilayers But the National league has taken its stand of helping the government, and no one expects the smallest whim- per to issue from the lips of the eight men who control the cider baseball body.
 The election of Gov. Tener is one thing that will go before the meeting and it is a certainty 1t will carry. Gov. Tener's salary also will be in- creased, in spite of the hard spots that are rearing themselves in the path of the national game
 Some argument will be brought to the fore-perhaps a test of Gov Ten CTS strength, for there is a certain amount of agitation for shortened schedule next year. Business as us- ual," however, is a slogan, Gov. Ten CT has adopted for the National league He wants to play the usual 154 games and is in favor of that plan for both big leagues. In view of the fact that Ban Johnson of the American league has declared in favor of curtailed program calling for only 40 it is probable there will be some opposf- tion in the Nationals meeting to cling ing to the old form.
 President Ebbets of the Brooklyn club, for instance, is in favor of drop- ping few games from the schedule The Brooklyn club has found it hard to meet expenses for the last few years, and reduced schedule would materially reduce the drain on that clubs treasury. Gov. Teners strengtb it is believed, will carry this leapne once more into the old number of games, regardless of what the senti- ment in the American league will be. Schedule clashes are certain if tbe American league follows out Ran Johnson's advice to cut and slash expenses, for schedule gash will he the first thing to make its annaar. l ance tomorrow at Chicago when the American league holds it's mee,lng
The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-21
MASONIC MEETING,

The annual election of officers of Mt. Mckinley lodge, No 1S3, F. and A. M. will be held on December 20. All members are requested to be present A. FIELDS, w. M.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-21

Don't delay your orders for your Christmas fruit cakes and puddines at the City Bakery.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-21
FOR SALE-Ford car. $2oo cash. Ap- ply to Harry Greenig.

If you want printing of any kind call up the Times office.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-21

Don't slip going up and down these hills. Get your creepers at the North western Hardware Go.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-21

All the latest and most authentic Telegraphic news in the Daily Times.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-21

FOR RENT-Three nice rooms, suit able for light housekeeping. Also
 large front room. Apply J. K. Smart 3-6t
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Advertise in the Times
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Advertise in the Daily Times.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-21
DOLLS and TOYS FOR THE RIDDLES

Bring the kiddies in to see this won derful display. You'll spend happy hour watching their eyes pop with hap py anticipation and they will let you know just what they'd like Santa to bring them.
 There are Dolls of all descriptions, Hobby Horses, Automobiles, Trucks Stuffed Animals, Tinker Toys and many other interesting things. Besides Grown ups will enjoy looking over this display as they are all MADE IN THE U. $. A.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-21

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