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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-06-01
CALL FOR LORED LIBERTY CONGRESS RECITES GRIEYolS
WRONGS OF COL0RED PATRIOTS---TO MEET
AT WASHINGTON C., JUNE WESLEY A. NJ
ZION cHuRcH-jUNE 23RD SUNDAY
coLoREo CHURCHES OF NATIONAL CAPITAL. =
All coored Churches Business Civic Literary
and Societies Urgently Requested Delegates.

To the Colored Americans Of the Republic
OF the National Colored Liberty
sembed at Boston, Mass, to witt: wv
"The Aim Object
the just claim OF the Coored
light under the
the Of the abolition
We
ton ~ ~ ~ A ~'-P
organizations greetings
called to consider ourselves
the world
place TO live IN And we would add heT
history ~ ~ ~ 0 "o''1"
Many people are state Of perpexty
rear because OF the evils which stalk
tne many wrongs and njustes done to
civilization
eaat 9ar6arlsn the midst Of much
marched and onebt h
When disaster couded
white captured: were brave in
action patient under heavy and dangerous
undng proof that Americans pride
ana OF the patriot soldier
and loyal today other
as d than oneenth
ceng 9a tie
remove from the statutes Of Country
wives children poster are and
dying IN strange land to for Others
for child
beyond the With this
last win the war for wod 1 to the last dollar
the wSrld ut tor all people live in Meet John
Clayton Whaaey Mass Natl To- Organ
Marion Secretary; ugh Mass
L. e. Mnon M ~ Of Boa1d Mrs. s. Allen
Executive Headquarters-34 Cornhn Boston,
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NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORE
CLOSURE SALE.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
That default has occurred in the con-
ditions of that certain mortgage,
dated the 9Th day of May, 1912, exc
cuted by Bertha A. Wolf and Richard
G. Wolf (wife and husband) as mort
gagors, to Rose Ledegar as mort
gage, filed for record in the Office
of the Register of Deeds in and for
Ramsey. County, State of Minnesota,
on the 9th day of May, 1912, at $500
o'clock and 20 minutes P. M. and re-
corded in Book 438 of Mortgage Rec
ords, on page 24S thereof; that said
mortgage was subsequently and on
the third day of July, 1914, duly as
signed to John P. Smith by Decree
of the Probate Court of Ramsey
County, Minnesota, which said De-
cree was filed for record in the Office
of the Register of Deeds in and for
Ramsey County, State of Minnesota,
on the 10th day of December, 1914,
at o'clock and so minutes P. M.
and recorded in Book 573 of Deeds
Records on page 230 thereof, that,
pursuant to a provision of said mort
gage, said assignee of said mortgage
has elected to declare the whole debt
secured thereby to be now due and
payable; that there is due and paya-
BILE, at the date of this notice, upon
the debt secured by said mortgage,
the sum of Three Thousand ($3,-
100000 Dollars, and that no action
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-06-01
MINNESOTA STATE FEDERATION.

of Coiored Women's Clubs to Meet in
St. Paul, June 1927.
The Thirteenth Annual Convention
of the State Federation of Colored
Women's Clubs will hold two days
session in st. Paul June 1927 at Me-
mortal Baptist church, corner of Rice
and Fuller streets. Mrs. Mary Tay-
lor, the local chairman, assisted by
a splendid committee, has promised
to make this convention one of the
largest and most interesting in years.
Preparations are being made for
the sustenance and homes for the
delegates and visitors.
Plans are also being laid for their
special entertainment during their
stay in the city.
1t is said that no race can rise
higher than it's women. If this is
true how much is expected of us. Let
us give all our hopes, prayers, talents
and strength, to a noble cause.-the
uplifting of our race. Our motto is
Lifting as we climb
The average man or woman, who
wins special mention in the battle of
life, must fight valiantly, and the
colored people are no exception to
the rule.
Further announcements will be
made.
Yours for our men, women and
children,
EsteIIa Dane Wiley,
Publicity and Press.
MRS. JESSIE MURDOCH WILLIAM,
Duluth, President.
MRS. ETHEL, HOWARD MAXWELL.
st. Paul, LIST Vice President.
MRS. MINNIE BURWELL,
Minneapolis, End v. President.
MRS. NAE BLACK-MAsON,
st. Paul, Recording Secretary.
MRS. ESTELLA DANE WILEY,
st. Paul, Asst Recording Secretary.
MRS. HESTER KEYS,
Minneapolis, Treasurer.
MRS. SUSAN EVANS,
Duluth, State Organizer.
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or proceeding at law or otherwise
has been instituted to recover said
debt or any part thereof; that, by
virtue of a power of sale therein con-
tanned, said mortgage will be fore
closed and the land and premises
therein described, lying and being
in the County of Ramsey, State of
Minnesota, described as follows, to
w.t.:
Lot numbered Eleven CID in
Block numbered Three 60 in Palace
Addition to St. Paul, according to the
recorded plat thereof on file and of
record in the Office of the Register
of Deeds in and for said Ramsey
County and State Of Minnesota, will
be sold at public auction to the high
est bidder for cash by the Sheriff
of said Ramsey County, at the Cedar
Street main door of the Court House,
in the City of St. Paul in the County
of Ramsey, State of Minnesota, on
the LIST day of July, 1918, at 10
O'Clock in the forenoon, to pay and
satisfy the debt secured by said
mortgage, seventy-6ve ($75.00) Dol
lars attorneys fees therein provided
for, and the costs and disbursements
allowed by law upon such foreclosure
and sale.
Dater May II, 1918.
JOHN p. SMITH.
Assignee Of Mortgage.
w. T. Francis,
Attorney for Assignee of Mortgage,
329 Metropolitan Bank Bldg,
st. Paul, MINI.
(5-18-18)
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-06-01
e. w. cRANCuM.

One Of Our Highly Respected Citizens
Passes to the Great Beyond.
This community was considerably
shocked when on last Wednesday the
people learned that Mr. e. w. Gran
cum had been found dead in his bed at
the residence Of Mr.. J. H. Lawson, 683
st. Anthony avenue, where he made
his home for the last five years. The
presumption fs that he died Of heart
failure he having been a sufferer for
several years from heart and stomach
troubles. 49,. H.. -. .z--5s- .-....
The deceased who was about 40
years OF age was a man of excellent
parts. He was q clerk in the post
Office where he stood high for his ef-
ficiency. He was an officer In St.
James A. NJ. q. Church and a mem
Der Of several fraternal orders. +.
He has no relatives here.
He was twice married and had one
daughter of whom he was very proud
but all have preceded him to the un-
known world.
Arrangements for his funeral have
been made by Mars Lodge, Odd Eel
lows, aid the services will be held
at st. James A. NJ b. church tOmor-
row at $500 o'clock p. m. Friends may
view the remains at the church, where
they will lie in state, from 200 to,
300 O'clock. What disposition will
be made of the body had not been
determined at this writing as no
word had been received from relatives
OF the deceased in Washington, D. G.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-06-01
LEAGUE PROTESTS
LYNCH LAW TO
PRES. WILSON

Boston Post, May "a, 1879
Aroused by the lynching of five
colored persons because of a killing
episode the National Equal Rights
League sent to President Wilson today
a telegram Of protest calling attention
to the reported heroism of two colored
American soldiers in France. The
telegram read as follows:
Boston, Mass, May %, 1918.
The President, White House.
washington, D. C.
AT the very time that the Red
Cross is asking every American
worker to give one days wages for
its humanity work, five colored Amer
leans are fiendishly murdered by a
white American mob, one of the
lynched being a woman. Simulta-
neously General Pershing announces
two colored American soldier heroes
victors in bloody combat over 20 Ger
mans. France gave them the Croix
de Guerre. Will you, their President,
recognize their heroism by publicly
exerting your personal and official in
fuence against lynching of their
women.
NATIONAL EQUAL RIGHTS
LEAGUE"
Byron Gunner, President.
William Monroe Trotter, Sec.
William .: Brigham.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-06-01

cans to share in the world democracy
for which they are all subject to fight
under the flag and to take positive
measures to secure from the govern
ment guarantees of the abolition of dis
reimbursement and of all caste dis
ordinations
The proposal to hold meeting early
this year has been enthusiastically re-
ceived by the thinking men of the
country and the executive officers have
decided to hold the congress at Wash
ington, D. c., June "a to 20.
This congress of Colored America to
present to the Government it's claim
for share in the world democracy is
a great opportunity for the Coiored
people. Every community ought to
send a big delegation.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-06-01
SATURDAY, JUNE /, 1918
NO SECTlONALiSM?

A bill to provide pensions at a mini
mum of $25 month for veterans of
the Civil War passed the House of
Representatives by the impressive
vote of 241 to 46.
Yet this is not the most impressive
thing in the incident. The forty-six
representatives who cast the negative
votes were all Democrats and all but
one of them came from the solid
South or it's immediate environs. To
them should be added two others, one
from Tennessee and one from Texas,
who answered present" when their
names were called.
The sole negative vote cast by a
Northerner was provided by Mr.. Cor
don Of Ohio, whose motives may best
be determined by his constituents,
who will have opportunity to pass
upon the question next November.
The other forty-fve members who op-
posed the bill are probably beyond
reach Of any political or other chas-
tisement. They hail from states
where the loyal soldiers of the Civil
War are held in execration; and the
only method OF dealing effectively
with them is by placing their party
in the minority in Congress- They
constitute a majority of their party
and when the Democrats are in power
they dominate their party colleagues;
and 1t is only on rare occasions that
they can be ,overridden. This hap.
pened to be one Of those occasions,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-06-01
FOR A SHARE IN THE new WORLD DEMOCRACY
NATIONAL ORGANIZER APPEALS PREPARE TO SEND
DELEGATES TO LIBERTY CONGRESS WASHINGTON, D. c.

Our Paramount Duty.


Realizing that the World War
realizing that the Cood American
reason for enterng
the European
realizing that Cooed
war; but that hundreds OF thousands
in
that all the classes Europe who
New
the issue OF world democracy
formed the National Cod Liberty Prof Allen
>-e' AA.oA w.
While President Wilson S. A. is fighting for
on here at home the
cations o TINS OF
claim denied
assemble and present claims
Tor which our boys drafted Wd
Will never be abolished
MENT. --N - 'Nona 1fa1 GoVEfN-
We have Nm. . ,,
Cooieo community in bound delegates every
CIVIC aern and organization
1nnee ana send delegate
and coaMIItE whose duty get all local bodies
to send delegate
OF delegates
are not forming nay IL VI 1o we
Gfand Organizer is backed
Rev s Ies teV j. W Hill Vice. Trotter Exec secy
M r. syaes L. Sec Mrs ~
ugn Conn., Treas Mrs Sarah Sec: nes - o.
nrman EXEC Board Rev H.
u WE MISS BESSIE Smith, Va, Asst : ' =" ''
Headquarters
oslon MASS where the clerical I OF
speaking engagements whee
should De sent Prof Whaley VI
s M Inc congress- making GU
AAesAns ior the Grand Organizer
tive Secretary . , e. WI monroe Troer, Execu-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-06-01
NOW FOR LIBERTY.

Sunday, June %, will be Liberty Day
in the colored churches of the District
of Columbia. The National Colored
Liberty Congress proper will open
Tuesday morning, June Is, Monday
the oath, to be given over to regis
tration and meeting OF the Board of
Managers.
''The Aim and Object of this Con-
gress OF delegates from Colored
churches and organizations is to press
lie just claim Of the Colored Ameri-
"au citizens Of the U. s. A. to
share In the world democracy for
which they are subject to fight under
the flag Of the Republic and to take
positive measures to secure from the
Government guarantee of the abolition
OF Acknowledgement and OF all caste
determinations, civil and political"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-06-01
THE DRIVE FOR LIBERTY

The movement for the Liberty Con.
gress was inaugurated in Boston.
June 13 of last year at a session held
in Faneuil Hall, the cradle of liberty.
at national conference called by the
New England League. A Liberty Con.
ference was started as national com.
mittee to arrange for National
Colored Liberty Congress. Rev. A. C.
Powell OF New York is president; Prof.
A. w. Whalley of Boston is national
organizer; w. NJ. Trotter, executive
secretary. "A board Of managers was
begun with Robert H. Harrison Of
New York as chairman. This board
is to be augmented.
The purpose Of the Congress is to
press the just claim Of Colored Ameri-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-06-01
DEMOCRATS BROUGHT THEM II

OemOCRATS BROUGHT THEM IN.
This department is too patriotic
to use these pencils" wrote Inspector
G. O. Myers to w. D. Fulton, Ohio's
Secretary of State, on receiving a
consignment of pencils marked
Made in Germany It was a fine
joke on the Democratic officials OF
Ohio, whose party stands for free
trade. They are ''too patriotic" to
;use pencils made fnHermany." but
In 1913 their party was SO unpatri-
otto as to make a bid for German
competition in lead pencils, against
those made in America" by reduc-
Ing the tariff duty to ridiculous
rate. thereby enabling Germany to
stock our market so full that our i'm
porters are carrying those stocks four
years later. Do you Democrats and
free traders now see the point? If
the war lasts long enough perhaps you
will learn something in regard to
this matter. No amount of argu-
ment has ever been able to convince
you. - :. 81. q
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-06-01
The SIN OF SILENCE

To sin by silence when We should
protest makes cowords out Of men.
The human race has climbed on pro-
test. Had no voice been raised against
Injustice, Ignorance and lust, the In
quisition yet would ssrvs the law, and
eulllotinss decide our lsast disputes.
Tho few who dare must speak and
speak agaia 70 right the wrongs sc
many.-Elia wheeler Nf1leox.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-06-01

Resolutions urging the organic
union of all the evangelical churches
in the United States were adopted at
Columbus, Ohio, by the general as
sembly of the Presbyterian church
north.
Arrangements will probably be
made as has been done by nearly all
of the other orthodox branches of the
so-called Christian church, to Jim
crow the colored members.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-06-01

One of the ironical developments
OF the last few weeks disclosures at
Washington is that the American SOL
diers who are now brigaded with
French and English troops on the
Western front are fighting with Lewis
machine guns and Enfield rifles, both
OF which Secretary Baker a year ago
thought not good enough weapons for
Yankees to use.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-06-01
NOT ONE, BUT TEN MILLION.

The Philadelphia Ledger is OF the
opinion that this war will produce no
Robert Morris, no Stephen Girard, no
Jay Cooke-meaning by that that no
man viii SO impress himself upon the
financial operations of the government
during the war that he will stand out
like these figures of Revolutionary
and Civil War days. This may mean
some loss to the picturesqueness with
which historians may write the record
OF our war for the freedom of the
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-06-01

world; but that will be more than
overbalanced by the gain to the ma
ton in the consciousness that the
united action of ten million citizens
the number who subscribed to the Sec
ond Liberty Loan-means more for
the national cause than the superhu-
man efforts of any one man.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-06-01
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and Dogs Not Allowed"

"Nearoes and Dogs Not Allowed"
(From the Nashville Clarion)
Down in Houston, Texas are some
elevators in public buildings labeled
NEGROES ANDD0GS 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.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-21
GOOD WORK RECOGNIZED

The appointment of Oliver W. Ramsay, the fuel administrator
for Perth Amboy as well as for Middesex and Somerset counties, to
the committee that is to arrange for the final distribution of coal In
this state. proves the esteem in which Mr.. Ramsay is held by the
leaders in fuel administration work. His hard work in a most dlhh-
cult petition, not to mention the sacrifices that he has been called
mon 10 make in the conduct of his personal affairs, has won for him
deserved recognition.
Being fuel administrator is rather a thankless job. 1t is lmpos-
sible to please every body. Very often orders come from national
or state administrators that may not be in accordance with the local
ADMINISTRATOR ideas, but they are orders that have to be carried out,
and. in nine times out of ten, it is the local administrator who gets
the blame.
1t is a most patriotic service that Mr.. Ramsay IS performing and
while there are many who will criticize and find fault, it is only far
TO admit that he has done the work in a careful and impartial man
rer.
Government regulators and administrators are decidedly unpop-
ular in this country where we have been accustomed to SO much
freedom, but in critical times like these we have all got to submit TO
authority. sometimes Of a most drastic nature, in order to accomplish
The great task that the nation has set out to do.
Were it not for the fuel, food and all other administrators that
have been appointed the favored few, those possessing pull and
influence. would get what they wanted and perhaps a little more,
while the rank and file of the people would be suffering untold hard-
ships 1t is to assure a square deal all around, 3 much as possible,
that the administrators are appointed and it is up to them to see that
when sacrifices are called for everyone does his share OF sacrlnclng.
Fuel is going to be a serious problem this winter; there is bound
TO be some suffering, but if we all sacrifice a little and show a Will
ingness to do what we can to relieve the situation, there is no DOUBT
as to the outcome, and we will be doing our part IN helping to win
The war which, after all, is the one great object today.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-21
.E4E DIRECT PRIMARY

Next Tuesday is the primary election. 1t is at this time tnat we
nominate our candidates for the general election in November. IL
has been only in recent years that the voters have had this opportu-
n;tv 10 nominate their candidates direct. The old system was for
each party to hold its primary in its own way, naming delegates TO
4 convention for the purpose of making nominations. These party
primaries were usually held in some back room for an hour or Two
with little or no announcement SO that the so-caled organization
dominated everything and saw to it that the right men were sent
as delegates. The convention was always dominated by the party
leader or leaders who had the slate fixed up long beforehand
OF course, the party organizations have been able to manipulate
the primaries to a more or less extent, and usually succeed IN getting
the men they want nominated, but it is within the power OF the voters
10 upset any organization plan should they so desire.
But strange as it may seem the rank and file OF the voters, now
that they have the opportunity to choose their own candidates take
about as little interest in the primaries as they did in the old conven-
ton days. AS a matter of fact, there are several serious objections to
the direct primary, such as forcing a candidate to go through two
campaigns instead of one, thereby increasing the expense, and the
chances r 10 slim for beating the organization, that much OF the
advantage that the direct primary was supposed to bring Is lost.
Next Tuesday when the primary is held, We will have another
chance to see what the rank and file of the voters think of the sys
tenn A small percentage of voters participating viii be conclusive
proof that they do not care, and to spare expense, 1t Is probable tha'
little opposition would be offered to returning to the old conventions
under strict party management.
In commenting yesterday on the government coming to Perth
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-21
A GRATIFYING SUCCESS

The great success of the Y. M. c. A. membership drive is most
gratifying. 1t shows that Perth Amboy is ready to stand behind the
institution to the utmost.
These are critical times, especially for organizations depending
largely unon Young men for support, and unless the older men come
10 the rescue such organizations are likely to pass out Of existence
Fnt with an investment of nearly $4,000 in a Y. M. {. A. 1t would
be a catastrophe to have it fail, especially at this time when IL rs
needed more than at any time since it was established.
That Perth Amboy realizes this is evident from the magnlncent
response to the appeal to ELL up the ranks, taking the place II the
hundreds of members who have been called to the colors.
The success Of the drive not only assures a full membership, Dut
IL cannot help but be encouraging to the secretaries N charge OF ~
work. 1t lis an evidence that their efforts are appreciated ana ina.
The Importance Of what they are doing is recognized. knowing tna'
4be neople are behind them 81 unanimously they can enter upon the
fan program with q vigor and enthusiasm that will mean the great
est year in the history of the institution. =