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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-01-12

tana, l; Oklahoma, 1; South Caro-.
lima, l; Tennessee, 3; Texas, 4; Vir-
ginia, 2; Wyoming, 1; total, south
81; north, 8. Twenty-eight of these
were colored and six white. The
crimes for which they were lynched
were as follows: Murder, 10; rape
6; murderous assault, 2; attempted
rape, S; theft, a. accessories to MUIR
der, 1; threats, 8; seditious utter
ances, 1 :; insulting women, 3. Among
the victims was one woman. The
detailed list is as follows:
1o-Unramed, colored, rape. Greeley,
February.
S-Ja pras+o; Smith IT, colored, murder,
March.
LINTON Clinton, rape, colored, Meigs,
1-Emma Hooper, murder, colored,
Hammond, La.
20-Lawrence Dempsey, murderous as
sault. Fulton, KY.
22-Eli Persons, colored, Frankfort,
June.
2-Van Haynes, colored, murder, Co.
lumbia Miss
2-Prat Hampton, colored, murder, Co.
lumbia, Miss.
16-Henry Comfy, colored rape, Holden
with, Okla.
22-Jenjamin Harper, colored, murder,
o, Courtney, Tex.
rape, Pickens county. Alabama
25-Charles Sawyer, colored, rape, CAL
weston, Tex
25-shepherd Trent, colored, attempted
u
25-William Powell colored. threat to
25-Jesse Powell, coiored. threat to
kill. Montgomery, Ala.
21-Unidentifed. colored, burglary, Re-
s1-Andrew Avery. .colored, robbery,
2s-Daniel Ront. colored, murder,
2s-Jery Ront, colored, murder. Amite.
1-Fr Bntte, t Meht. I. w.. W: leader
GUS assault, Ashdown, ~ Ark ii0'oeF
- rape, Lilien, va.
22-Charles Jones, colored, attempted
rape, near Marshall, Texas.
24-W. D. Sims, colored. seditious ut
terance, York, S. C.
24-Lawrence Sheppard, colored, lar
ceny, near Memphis, Tenn.
15-Samuel Gates, cOlOred, insulting
18-Rufus Concrief, colored, rape
Whitehall, Ga.
21-Bert Smith, attempted rape. Goose
Creek, Tex.
S-Unnamed colored, robbery. -Arkan-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-01-12
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
re able to change the social customs
f the Eskimos very greatly. They
re happy, care-free, jovial people.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-01-12
WHAT FOOLS SOME MoRTALs BE

Every white man in Mississippi
realizes the seriousness of permitting
Negroes to roam about in the South
in the uniform of United States Army
officers" Thus runs sentence in a.
Vicksburg, Mississippi, dispatch to
the New York World. What is there
serious in this? The colored men
who have won officers commissions in
the National Army were selected be-
cause of superior intellectual uualifi-
cations, they were given the intensive
training of the Reserve Officers
Corps at Camp Dodge, Des Moines,
Iowa. They were commissioned only
upon merit; and there is no reason
to believe that they will fail to do
credit to the uniform which they are
entitled to wear, That white Miss
lssippian of Democratic faith should
find it a serious matter for any COL
ored man to wear other than overalls
and jumper or to carry in his hand
any implement more important than
a hoe may we'll be believed: But that
there is anything of real menace in
such a thing is ridiculous.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-01-12
AN AWFUL MESS,

In the course of the present inquiry
into the conduct of the war, Republi-
can members of the Senate committee
on military affairs have been scrupu-
lous to do nothing which would even
remotely indicate a disposition to
hamper or unduly to criticise the War
Department in any of it's activities.
Yet, telling his story in his own way,
Gen. /Crozier has presented a condi-
ton of things which the most ghoul-
ish of partisans could not have hoped
to bring out-even if the investiga-
ton had been framed for that pur-
pose. Months Of delay, millions of
added expense and almost total in
adequacy of result are the items in
the story. Small wonder that inquir-
ing Senators are Supplied by the reve-
lations of inefficiency. Small wonder
that the country is awaking to the
seriousness of the situation in which
we have been placed.
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They are continually laughing. If they
see a 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 a 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 "piblockto."
Il 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 20
back re?'-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 Eskimos are "piblockto," espe
cially those from the United States
who are trying to impose the Amer
lean brand of jimcrow Christianity or
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??, 1918-01-12
The Color Line in the Catholic Church.

The Color Line in the Catholic Church.
(From the Southwestern Christian Ad-
vocate, New Orleans, La.)
There are two hundred thousand
colored Catholics in the United States
according to Walter F.. McEntire, a
prominent Catholic, who in telling of
the orders and societies of men and
women working among color people in
the United States, among other things
says in the Tidings, of Los Angeles:
"The Church knows no color-line in
the House of God, and any man who
tries to lay one down is not true
Catholic"
This is good reading but it is not
true to fact. There are only two col
ored priests in the entire Catholic
colored constituency of America, and
the Catholic Church is the only. reli-
gious body in America that forces on
its constituency a white ministry
Moreover, the color issue is drawn as
completely in the Catholic Church as
elsewhere. There was a time when
the Catholic churches welcomed col
ored people to the affairs but not now
In st. Joseph Church, New Orleans, a
few seats in the rear are marked re-
served for colored.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-01-12
cry civil and political right which
white men have and there is no color

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.
d1tions 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 Let it happened
that the faiths of the n,v.. Who laid
the foundations for the peaceful de-
Velopment of the mixed community in
Jamaica were democratic and human.
1tarian and, above all, uncompromis
ingly Christian.
Were race differentiation held to I,
must increase civil discord. When I'll.
balance OF numbers is as it is in the
south IN America it must tend tc
foster obscure preparations for civil
war and rebellion. If statesmen and
citizens face in the contrary direction
do not say that they will attain i'm
mediately civil peace, but am conf
dent that they will be travelling the
only road toward it.
Il do not suggest that race does no,
greatly affect facilities for combina
ton between humans in health,
national life, but race difference /.
only one Of many schismatic agencies
The solution of the difficulty involve,
discipline for the white man as wei
as the black"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-01-12
FOOD CONSERVATION.

Lest we forget! We are at War,
and 1t is not mere outing like the
Spanlsh-American War-but a serious
war in which the little things that
each person is asked to do will prove
of as special Importance as the larger
ones. You are asked to make the
small sacrifices, so that the larger
sacrifices will not be necessary.
II one-half of all the colored families
in the United States would use one
teaspoonful Of sugar less in their tea
and coffee one day each week, this
little sacrifice would result in the say.
ing of 100000 pounds of sugar a year
Sugar is a necessity in this war. If
one-half of our families would use one
pound of flour less each week. it
would save 100000 bushels of wheat
which could be sent to help feed our
soldiers and those who are fighting nv
our side in this war.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-01-12

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
doing four years ago and doing with
out many things they deemed actu-
ally necessary to their existence. They
are learning conservation, thrift and
Hooverizi11g and when the war shall
nave 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, a great educator.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-01-12
THE ONLY SOLUTION.

Recently at the Church of England
Congress at Southampton, Sir Sidney
Olivier, who was governor of Jamaica
from 1907 to tie 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.
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-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-01-12

stands a ghost of show to succeed
him. If he runs again and is elected
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 d.
vided 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 non
partisanship in the elections during
the war.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-01-12
WAR SAVINGS CERTIFICATES.

The new war savings certificates
will bear 4 per cent interest, will run
for term of five years and will be is
sued in denominations as low as S..
They are to be just what their names
Indicate, Savings" certificates, a
means of investment for small savings,
so that the money will be safe and
profitable and at the same time afford
ing the government the use of it. It
is planned to sell the certificates to
the public on the installment plan by
using stamps that may be purchased
and pasted in a book for that purpose.
When there are sufficient stamps to
cover the cost of certificate the book
IAN be exchanged for one. The stamps
will be placed on sale in every town
md city in the country.
The Individual who has money laid
by for rainy day need have no hest
tation in converting it into war saw
ngs certificates, since the government
will redeem them at any time upon
the request of the holder, allowing in
crest at per cent. Under this ar
rangement the investor in these GER
tificates will have the satisfaction of
knowing that if any emergency should
lrlse in his family, such as sickness
or death, he could Immediately realize
upon his certificates.
1t is safe prediction that the war
savings certificates will go like "hot
cakes" Their small denomination, the
good interest rate, the terms upon
which they may be purchased, the
fact that they are not subject to taxa
ton when held by persons of small
means-all will make them an at
tractive investment. Working people
whose margin of income above expen-
ses is narrow at best will find in them
an excellent incentive for beginning
the prudent habit of saving. They
will be popular for Christmas presents.
School children will be able to invest
part of their little weekly allowances
in certificates. AS a result many mil
lions will be transferred to the Fed
eral Treasury and through it will flow
into the channels of trade, while the
people of small means will be made
to feel that they, too, are doing their
share toward helping their country
win the war.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-01-12
availing themselves of the insurance,
Gen. Pershing himself subscribing to
the maximum of $4,000.
THRIFT STAMPS.

1t is pointed out by the Treasury
Department that Thrift Stamps are
not made redeemabie IN cash tor the
reason that these stamps are simply
intended as convenient method tor
the small savers to accumulate enoIEI
to purchase War Savings Stamps,
which bear interest and are redeem
able in cash.
In addition, to provide for redemp-
ton for these Thrift Stamps would in
volve such an amount of detained aci
counting and labor and expense as t
impair the practicability OF their US
In fact, they would be more trou%
and expense to the Government pc
bly, than they are worth.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-01-12
PLAY SAFE.

One of the Liberty Loan workers in
New York suggests that it is a mis-
take not to accept the entire sum of
the oversubscription which has re-
suited from the drive" It took a
great deal of work and no small
amount of time and a tremendous lot
of careful planning, he argues, to Sc
cure the host of small subscriptions
which came in at the. last and swelled
the total of the Offering. This work,
he says, will have to be done all over
again when the next loan is floated,
with the chance that some of the sub
scribers will not then be in position
to subscribe anew.
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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-01-12
SOLDIER AND SAILOR INSURANCE

The Insurance offered by the United
states Government to members of its
military and naval forces has been
called tie most just and humane pro-
vision ever made by any nation for its
soldiers and sailors.
That its value and advantages are
appreciated by the Army and Navy is
evidenced by the extent which it has
been availed of. Secretary of the
Treasury McAdoo officially announced
on December IA that 238,924 applica-
tons had already been received, repre-
senting $2073,728,5O0 of insurance.
The average amount for applicants
is $3.50, which is very little less than
the maximum of 100000 The Ameri.
can forces in France were prompt in
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-01-12

the loss of total disability of one hand
or one foot, to $50 for the loss or to-
tai disability of both arms and both
legs. They amount roughly to an in
crease OF about so per cent in the
existing rates for similar cases. The
bill is made to apply to. persons al
ready on the pension rolls, and to all
who may be granted a pension here
after, but Mr.. barrow specifically pro-
vides that the measure shall not op-
crate to reduce any pension hereto
fore granted. The passage of this
measure will be heartily approved of
by the people.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-01-12

The American Baptist, published at
Louisville, KY, with it's last issue, Fri
day, Jan. 4th, began it's 42nd volume.
Bro VIM. H Steward, its veteran ed
tor, is to be congratulated upon his
long editorial life as well as the Ions
life of his paper which was published
in Padneah, KY, from 1875 to 1879 as
the Baptist Herald, but it's name wa,
changed to the American Baptist anl
has been published regularly ever
since Jan. l, 1879, in Louisville, KY.
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WHEN THE WAR WILL END.

There are a whole lot of people in
this world who would like to know
when the great world war will end ?
OF course no one wishes it to end un-
til it ends right, with "FREEDOM
FOR ALL FOREVER" but Brush
and PAIL gives this information
which our readers are welcome to:
WHEN THE WAR WILL END
Absolute knowledge l have none,
But my aunt's charwoman's sisters
Heard policeman on his beat
Tell a housemaid in Downing Street,
That he had a brother who had a
friend
Who knew when the war was going
to end.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-01-12
The Cause of Migration
ATLANTA (Ga.) independently

When meat was 15c a pound and
-four $500 barrel, the colored laborel
received from $500 to $500 a week
Now meat is SOC a pound and -four
$1,000 a 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 a 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??, 1918-01-12
TAKE notice.!

The public generally and members
in particular are hereby notified that
for the present the Sunday evening
services and the weekly services of
Pilgrim Baptist church will be held
at New Pilgrim Baptist church, corner
of Grotto street and w. Central ave.
nue.. Please take notice and govern
yourselves accordingly.
Rev. B. N. MurrelI, Pastor.
Mrs. Birdie High, Clerk.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-01-12
INCREASED PENSIONS PROPOSED

Substantial increases in existing
rates of pension for disablement of the
limbs from injuries received in line
of duty, are contained in bill intro
duced by Representative George P.
barrow of Pennsylvania, which will
come up for action by the House at
the next session Of congress. Mr.. OAR
rows proposed rates run from s65 for
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-01-12
CAN'T BEAT NELSON.

The Presidents counsel to Mime
sofa Democrats to join with the Re-
publicans in re-electing Senator Knute
Nelson is virtue born of necessity.
The Senator had expressed a desire
to retire to private life. No Democrat