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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-03-02

Sir Sidney Olivier certainly knows
what he is talking about. In the
Island of Jamaica, where he was gov
ernor for five years, there are about
100000 colored people and only 10000
whites and yet there is absolutely no
friction between the races. Jamaica
is British colony and the govern
ment is just. Colored men enjoy ev-
cry civil and political right which
white men have and there is no color
line.
Among other things Sir Sidney said:
my study and comparison of con-
ditions in the United States and the
West 1ndies," he said. has brought
me to that conclusion. American and
colonial politicians and public men
are not Exeter Hall abolitionists nor
evangelical Christian missionaries.
do not expect them to adopt the meth
DDS of missionaries, nor do I sympa-
thize with all their programmes. But
1t cannot be ignored t.at it happened
that the faiths of the moc Who laid
: the foundations for the peaceful de-.
velopment of the mixed community in
Jamaica were democratic and human
itarian and, above all, uncompromis-
ingly Christian.
Were race differentiation held to it
must increase civil discord. When the
balance Of numbers is as it is in the
South in America 1t must tend to
foster obscure preparations for civil
war and rebellion. II statesmen and
citizens face in the contrary direction
I do not say that they will attain i'm.
mediately civil peace, but I am conf
dent that they will be travelling the
only road toward it,
II do not suggest that race does not
greatly affect facilities for combina
ton between humans in healthy
1 national life, but race difference II
only one of many schismatic agencies
The solution of the difficulty involve.
discipline for the white man as vel
as the black"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-03-02
A. N. CRAIGHEAD,
1878 Blair Street, St. Paul.

The three days carnival of the "U'n
Have a Good Time Club" held at
Union Hall last week closed in
blaze of glory Friday night. The con-
test for the most popular lady was
the absorbing feature. The contest
ants received votes as follows: Miss
Theola Ridley S22; Miss Josephine
LaBodie, 1909; Miss Mamie Gorris,
2,749; Miss Cornelia Benjamin, 2,755
and Miss Benjamin was declared the
winner of the contest and she was
awarded the prize, a gold bracelet
watch. Owing to the closeness of the
votes received by Miss Gorris to the
winner the committee decided to give
her a consolation prize and presented
500 in cash to her. The carnival was
success in every way and netted
nearly $175.O0. The committee de-
sires to thank the contestants and the
public.
The "Minstrellette" given entirely
by the ladies of the Sunday school
class of Mr.. w. T. Francis of Pilgrim
Baptist Church, in the church hall
on Thursday night was a screaming
success from start to finish. THE
clally appealing was Madam Camou-
fage's wv. T. Francis) rendition OF
Tolstio's Good Bye Summer" Mrs.
Jennie Kelly brought down the house
IN telling what a Long Tall Gal"
could do. Mrs. Emma Hood as
nanny" in the cabin scene took the
old timers back to childhood days.
Mrs. Barksdale wa irresistible in
me and My Gal," her daughter will
have to look to her laurels as a
singer. Mrs. Gladys James had the
audience from beginning in her keep
on Smiling" They smiled. Mrs.
Francis as Red Cross girl and
originator of the scene and music
aroused storm of patriotism.
Madam Camouflage and Picks (Mrs.
Hood, Mrs. Simpson, Mrs. Scott, Mrs
Howard and Mrs. Smith) allowed no
one in the audience to get lonely.
Mrs. High and chorus in Mother
Dixie and YOU was as usual very
charming. The END Men" Mesdames
a Kelly, Francis, Stepp and Hood,
James and Barksdale, had a taking
way about them. Bob Cole otherwise
Mrs. Hattie Hall as musician of the
evening keep the house in continual
roar. And last but not least when
ever one was saturated with Joy, Mrs.
! Lee, the dramatic reader, comes along
and tells us she has religion. Can
you beat it. There was quite a large
crowd present which might have
easily been doubled if it had been
given sufficient amount of advertise
ing and printers ink publicity. There
was much originality displayed in the
production and it is the opinion of
THE APPEAL that if it was pronerlv
advertised it could be repeated and
would pack the church or Union Han
10 capacity. 1t pays to advertise.
Don't, save at the spiggot and lose
at the bung hole"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-03-02
HIGHER PENSIONS,

Representative Charles E. Fuller of
illinois has prepared a bill that will
bring happiness to all surviving vet
Grams of the Civil War. It provides
that every person who served ninety
days or more in the military or naval
service shall receive a pension of $50
per month if receiving less than that
sum at the present time. Another
measure introduced by Mr.. Fuller pro.
poses to increase the pension of
Army nurses to $25 per month. Both
bills have been referred to the Com.
mlttee on Invalid Pensions, of which
Mr.. Fuller is leading member, and
he intends to use his best efforts to gel
them favorably reported at as early g
date as possible.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-03-02
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 a 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 happy, care-free, jovial people.
They are continually laughing. If they
see man in serious thought for more
than a 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 yof 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 "piblockto.''
II tried to explain" Mr.. Macmillan
said, that the war started because
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 go
back there?'-meaning civilization
happy"
THE APPEAL believes that the mis-
sionaries who are trying to convert
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. II 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??, 1918-03-02


by both parties, the Democrats have
lost nothing. A real display of non.
craftsmanship by Democrats would be
to abstain from contests in States
which are normally Republican, but
where there now happen to be Demo,
cratic Senators by reason of the di.
vlded Republican strength in 1912
which enabled Democrats to slip into
Office. When Mr.. Wilson counsels the
Democrats of his own State of New
Jersey to make no contest for Senator
next time, he will have given convinc.
ing evidence of his real desire for nom
part1sanship in the elections DURING
the war.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-03-02
HELP TO WIN THE WAR.

Governor Burnquist has issued a
proclamation designating the week
commencing Sunday, March 10, as
War Club week and urges the people
of the state, men women and chill
dren, to purchase War Savings
Stamps and Thrift Stamps, to form
War Savings Societies, to practice
economy in their personal affairs and
to do all in their power to affiliate
with the National War Savings Com
mittee.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-03-02
Why Did They Prefer "Colored ?
(FrOm the New York Nous\

tfrom the New York NeWS.)
We trust that all of the advocates
learned and otherwise, white and
black, North and South-of the use
of the word Negro" as a. race term
nave caught the full meaning of its
use at Houston, Texas. At the re-
quest of the Twenty-fourth Infantry
men themselves, the authorities de-
clded to refer to them henceforth as
"colored' soldiers. They had been de-
rlded 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
tne daily press not as American SOL
o1ers, or Americans, nor as Uncle
Sam 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
celving 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 kindlie1
feeling between the soldiers and the
townspeople they were sure would in
evitably result. They were profoundly
right, but they were too late. Had
the practice obtained prior to their
coming in Houston, different state
OF affairs might have ensued. We ask
all promiscuous, wilful and 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 JUS,
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. 1t does no good today
1t does much harm. What reason
then, for it's use? Are you willing ia
be called "Nigger?" Are you pleased
to have your wife or mother called
"Negress?" Then discontinue USING
Negro" If you think it worth while
for you to be referred to as a man and
your folk as people, insist on the use
of the word "colored.'
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-03-02
Must Judge A Group by its Best.
(From the Christian Register. Bostor
Mass.)

(From the Christian Register, Boston
Mass.)
No one can be said to know anv
class OF people who has not been In
intimate and sympathetic relation with
the best as we'll as the worst OF the
class. We compare many persons
who live in the South, and think they
know the colored race, with others
who have had no such contact, but
who have come into intimate and syn,.
pathetic relations with large numbers
OF that race whom their Southern
friends have never known: and OF the
TWO sets OF people we should say that
The second knew the colored peon1e
better than the first. They know aspi-
rations among them that the others
40 not know, or, knowing. do not
enter into and appreciate; thew know
capabilities by direct contact with the
pest OF the race which others are obl-
V1ous OF; they know qualities which
only respect and sympathy can bring
out; they know possibilities to which
others by their very acquaintance are
blinded. If those who know the COL
ored race through the mass and by
observation merely could know what
individual possibilities are demon
strated in growing numbers of the
elect. and would be courageously can
did with themselves, they would re-
Wise their judgments and possibly sof-
ten their prejudices. At any rate,
they ought to credit to those on whom
they charge ignorance Of the colored
race the values that come from know
Ing how many Of that race are the
equal of any members Of the dominant
race In the highest abilities and in the
dearest aims. No estimate is worth
,'"ch which does not take people at
their best.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-03-02

That, necessity is the mother of in
Vention, is being demonstrated daily
during the war. The people are doing
things they did not even dream of
DONG four years ago and doing with
out many things they deemed actu-
ally necessary to their existence. They
are learning conservation, thrift and
Hooverizing and when the war shall
have ended, contamination to be de-
voutly wished for, they will know
more than ever before how to make
both ends meet. This war has been
is, and will be, great educator
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-03-02
CAN'T BEAT NELSON,

The Presidents counsel to Mime
sofa Democrats to join with the Re-
publ1cans in re-electing Senator Knute
Nelson is a virtue born of necessity.
The Senator had expressed. a desire
to retire to private life. No Democrat
stands a ghost of show to succeed
him. If he runs again and is elected
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-03-02
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
euillotines decide our least disputes.
The few who dare must speak and
speak again to right tho wrongs Of
Enany.-Eila Wheeler Wilcox.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-03-02
INDIANS AS SOLDIERS.

History gives the Indians a place
as warriors. Therefore one is not
surprised to learn that present day
Indians are becoming good soldiers
in the army of Uncle Sam. 49,. g..
Cato Sells, commissioner of Indian
affairs, recently made survey of the
national environments in Texas, Civ
Ing particular attention to the con-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-03-02

What a day that will be when the
tldlngs are flashed over the sea and
land that peace has been declared!
From ten thousand times ten thousand
steeples bells will ring out, as if they
were human things, their wild DELIGHT
at the long-hoped-for event. Never, in
the history of the world will there
nave been such day of universal
]oy.-Our Dumb Animals.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-03-02

IN Middletown, Conn, a Congrega.
t1onal. a Baptist, and a Methodist
church have voted to unite and wor-
snip for three months to save coal
The example set by these churches
could be followed by the churches in
many large cities.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-03-02
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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-03-02
THE ONLY SOLUTION.

Recently at the Church of ENGLAND
Congress at Southampton, Sir Sidney
Olivier, who was governor OF Jamaica
from 1907 to the end of 1912, put for
ward the claim that no solution of the
American color question was possible
except by a resolute disclaimer Of the
color line and the race differention
theory.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-03-02
SAINT PAUL

The funeral of Mrs. Henry Johnson,
S19 Mississippi street was held at
st. Peter Claver Catholic church on
last Tuesday morning, Rev. S. L. Theo-
bald officiating. Lyles funeral d.
rector, interment at Calvary Gene
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-06

in the frst place to the very gener-.
GUS response to the allotment made
by the executive committee. Some
ESQ of the subscribers were asked to
take bonds In sums ranging from
$4,000 to 100000 0 and in only ID
instances out Of the $50 were these
allotments even questioned. Sales
manship by the sales force. has done
the business in almost every instance.
I'm the second place. we went over
big with the help of those who tool
bonds in excess Of expectations. As
an instance, one young lady when
asked for a $4,000 subscription, dgf-
ed up for $4,000, and expressed re-
greet that she could not make It a
larger amount; another young lady
coolly signed a subscription blank for
very numerous.
THE third reaso for success was
the large number Of $4,000 subscrip-
tons these are very much II excess
OF the number turned in last fall.
Many a fifty dollar subscription was
made by persons who will make gen.
uine sacrifices in paying up. but the
win the War" spirit vas back Of
these subscriptions.
1.-THE thanks Of the executive COM
mittee at this time r extended to
the COMMITTEE OF Fifty" the very
large number of the business men 81
the city. who gave Of their time very
generously during the. entire week,
and who sold bonds for their govern
ment with the same serious purpose
as they display in their own personal
affairs and to the women's committee,
who under the craftsmanship of Mrs.
F. F. Stokes. ave their services and
who were Of great assistance during
the entire campaign. :
There are very few willful slack
ers in Grand Forks: every community
has them. but undoubtedly the plans
now being laid for succeeding cam
paigns will bring them n the fold;
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-06

inR 50 per cent, was subscribed by
the cities, towns and villages. Their
subscriptions amounted to $63S,30O,
ana the total subscribers numbers D.
sec.
Of he county ana cities, who. united
numbered 1,747, and their total sub
scr,ptipn was $163,850:, these amounts
are, however. included in the total OF
the county's subscriptions and SUD-
scribers.
Following is a statement made yes
terday BY Ell. Lander. county cnair-
man Of Grand Forks county, in which
he expresses himself in connection
with the work just completed:
Mr.. IAnder's Statement.
It seems to me that the patriotic
people Of Grand Forks county should
be well pleased with the final results
OF the Third Liberty Loan campaign.
We we're allotted 500 10000; our
is nearly 80 per cen over. Hat the
whole county done as we'll. it would
have meant a total subscription OF
four billion dollars.
In another respect the result should
be gratifying, in that the city OF
Grand Forks subscriptions on the n
hand, and those Of the country dis
tricts. including the cities and villages
on the other; are substantially equal
The people. almost to every man
and woman in the county. were ready
this time. Nevertheless. no such
splendid results couldshave been Sc
cured had it not been for the work
done by the men and women com.
prising the various committees-au
worked most faithfully and hard.
Much Of enthusiasm was put into the
campaign, and many a good lesson IN
patriotism and citizenship has been
taught. We are al the better for It
better men and m better c1ti-
zens. Much more has been accom-
plished than tho mere fact of having
found some six or seven thousand of
our people ready and glad to loan
Uncle Sam nine hundred thousand
dollars. j.
May I congratulate workers and
subscribers all for the splendid, show
ing made in our county.
E. ]. Lander.
County Chairman.
Grand Forks, N. D.. May 4, 1918.
D. V. Moore. city chairman of the
| Third Liberty drive, made the follow
| ing remarks yesterday with reference
! to the work just completed in Grand
Forks city:
'That the city Of Grand Forks goes
| 20 per cent, over her allotment is due
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-06
T|'HIR|D,LIbERTY
L0ANCAMPAICN
A HUGE SUCCESS
City and County Of Grand
Forks Have Made Ex-
cellent Record.
!Chairmen of Committees
Make Statements Descrih-
ing Drive and Results.

Saturday marked the closing of
the Third Liberty Loan drive in
Grand Forks county and city. The
public in general agree that it was a
wholly satisfactory drive, old and
young, rich and poor alike did their
'''bit' toward making it an over the
Top affair.
Much credit must be given the
drives, who lent their unyielding eff
forts and worked early and late to
getting the desired results. The COM
mittees assigned to carrying on he
work in the particular units. designat-
ed in their respective districts. spared
neither time nor effort in working out
every, detail in connection with oper-
atoms in order to successfully carry
on the work entrusted to them. Their
efforts would, however, been in vain
had it not been for the hearty good
! will and liberal cooperation of resi-
dents of Grand Forks city and county
who responded most generously to
their country's call and who are re-
sponsible for actually making Grand
( Forks county over-subscribe it's al
lotment by nearly 80 per cent in the
ever entered into by any government.
~ Per Cent Subscribed.
Records on file with E. ]. Lander.
!. county chairman. show thai a total OF
$40 residents subscribed to the
9 drive, which number is a little more
than 20 per cent of the population
i The county allotment. which was
$500 900, was subscribed to the
amount Of $s01,35o. Of this amount
Grand Forks city subscribed $453.0o0,
! and the county and outside towns and
villages subscribed to the amount OF
$447,650. The farming population
!. subscribing to the loan numbered B..
: O74. and their subscriptions totaled
!. $363.05O. or 48 per cent Of the SUBJ
: scribed sum-, the balance. or remain