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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-08-14
Carrying the Color Line.
(From the New York Aee)

There is tendency among the mem
bers OF the race to be over sensitive on
the subject OF color. This te,idencx is
| OF course excusable to a certain ex-
tent, because Of the fact that the mat
| ter OF color is so frequently thrust
upon them. But it would be the part
OF wisdom and good policy to forget
| the TACT Of color when possible and TO
regard themselves merely as Ameri-
cans and good citizens. 90 - sEs'7''
| Such an attitude maintained with
! modesty and dignity would of time
: disarm the Ioutcropping OF prejudice
based solely upon color, and would in
sure the individual the same treat
! ment accorded people of other races.
CARVING the color line as a chip on
the shoulder is a sure way Of provok-
ing resentment on the part of the
other fellow, while calm and un-
| concerned demeanor, with proper in
sistence on the same sort. of treatment
and accommodations furnished the
public in general is more likely to win
acceptance and secure proper recegni-
ton. p ~, LII III p =.
Colored people should endeavor to
! forget their color in public places and
fte6dIu themselves aSolely as an In
tegra1 part Of the body polite, with
!. the same rights and privileges and the
same duties and responsibilities as
any other class of citizens. New York
is a good place to practice such pol
icy asa cosmopolitan city where every
person is SO intent on his own pursuits,
that SO long as the other man or
woman does not tread on his toes, he
or she can 60 his own gait unmolested.
The public places and conveyances
are open to all, with the provision that
each persons rights end where his
! neighbours begin. So there is no ne
cessity to faunt the color line in your
eneighbor's face, so long as he is in
different to your color and only asks
that you do not infringe on his rights.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-08-14
ure Of attainment Of their ideals have
spurned even life Itself.

ure Of attainment Of their ideals have
spurned even life Itself.
Patrick Henry in crying out for
"either liberty or DEATH" voiced the
sentiment ofthe Pilgrim Fathers, who
preferred the unknown horrors Of the
great uncharted Western ocean and
the savageridden land beyond to re.
ligious oppression in a comfortable
home. '>,1'f>- s-z E''ssA 49, -ssFs'
But the American colored man is
apparently satisfied with the HALE
LOAF. For $50 years he was so told
that he was entitled to NOTHING
that he even enjoyed life itself by sui.
france. His mind was so deliberately
dwarfed and stunted that he could not
even think to the contrary. -. +. i
So well was this psychology in.
grained into him. that even today, race
leaders OF the old school, finding it i'm.
possible to break. from this log cabin
philosophy, handed it down to free
men," =. =. : m. : '-'s@s
He was SO thoroughly robbed Of bis
mentality, that he complacently helped
manufacture the shot and shell which
enabled his masters to keep him in
slavery: When Liberty and Citizen
ship were granted him, his childish
mind could not grasp their. signifi
canoe. He took what was given him
with thankful heart, thanks to the
teachings Of the old school. - 10 -.
| He has not yet demanded unequi+
cally all that is due him! He tears
to. refuse acceptance OF the Halt Loal
and demand the WHOLE, trembling
lest he be denied any at all. With
apologize mien and Sinking smile
he renders gratitude for Jim Grow
Settlement Houses. Jim Grow Soldiers
and Sailors Clubs, Jim Crow Y. M
G. AS, Jim Grow Officers Training
Camps, Jim Crow churches, frater
mites and politics.
He. thus plays the begger's role IN
spite of the fact that he has proven
himself to be an indissoluble and
indivisible entity of the whole war;
and woof of America. economic, politi
cal military and social. He is the
economic backbone of the South. He
holds the balance of political power
as he is beginning to learn. He has
always been the fangs of the American
army. His blood, suspected and I'm
suspected, flows in more veins thar
any other one strain in America.
He Is still a slave if he accepts any
thing short of the full unstinted meas
ure OF recognition and respect. The
New Colored American will neve,
again be satisfied with EQUAL
RIGHTS when they are not the SAME
RIGHTS. The NEW Colored Ameri
can, repudiating the teachings of the
old school, who led him into the quag
m1re OF peonage and serfdom MUST
and WILL spurn the Halt Loaf and
lay hold onto the WHOLE LOAF, 80
help him God!" - ~
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-08-14
RIGHTS SHOULD DC SAME.

In general way, Hr. Harding, the
Republican candidate for President,
says that he is for the rights of coll
fored men,. He says, II believe that
colored men should be guaranteed the
enjoyment Of all their rights
Those are good words and we thank
him for having said them; but in the
United States there Is wide diver
gence of views as to the: rights Of the
Negro" or colored man or afro
American : In one state it means one
thing and something else in another
state. Even in Ohio rights" of the
colored man has an uncertain mean
ing. In the South, rights" for any
! other than a white man has little
meaning. .s.-:x 49,.
| Mr.. Harding would enhance his
chances for securing the votes OF COL
ored men and women by stating that
the rights of both white and colored
American citizens should be absolute
ly identical. esss. - .--S..,.nt' I 80.
Mr.. Harding, IL elected, the first
thing you can do, without the advice
and consent" OF the Congress, will be
to issue an executive order abolishing
racial segregation, which is carried on
In the departments at. Washington and
In some parts of the country without
warrant Of law. - 5st.'.'.
Mr.. Harding, II elected, will you Is.
sue<such an .order?r .,,i,, ~ +,.,..->
Mr.. Harding, it elected. will you
favor the enforcement OF the Civil
War Amendments to the Constitution,
as well as other amendments, and 50
recommend in your messages to Con.
gress? @..4 - : 49,
Mr.. Harding, il elected, will you
recommend and endeavor to secure
the enactment OF a Federal anti.lynch:
ing law? ~ -. - r -. =
Mr.. Harding, If elected, will you en-.
4deavor to secure the abolition OF the
Jimcrow car in interstate travel? 49,.
Mr.. Harding it elected, will. you
recommend and ;:endeavor to secure
legislation abolishing the color line
in the United States Army and in the
United States Navy? > '.<5.S: :
Mr.. Harding, il elected. will y,u re.
store the colored mans status quo
so far as Office holding is concerned
and give representation in Office by
presidential appointments! ::c::; =; Z y.
Mr. Harding: The things asked for
are not to- secure special privileges,
but to abolish special privileges, to
the end that the rights Of citizenship
may be equal without regard to race,
color, creed: or seq, =. <-~>... :.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-08-14
"THE TRAGEDY OF THE, HALF
~ LOAF

THE APPEAL heartily endorses
every word Of the following editorial
from our enterprIsing and uncompro-
missing contemporary, The Chicago
Whip What q pity that there are so
few whips among the papers edited
by, colored mem .
The strongest races of men, and the
most indomitable characters Of history
have always either uncompromisingly
demanded every scintilla Of their just
rights, or, being denied the full meas
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-08-14
True Race Pride.
: (From the Boston Guardian

Nr1Um ING Boston Guard1an)~
On equal rights do not be misled
by the talk that you are lacking ia
race pride for wanting to be where
you are not wanted il It refers to
analrs for the public. Race pride,
self-respect require that you insist on
being permitted to be present where
you have normal right to be as a
citizen, and where there is no reason
Tor you not being wanted except con
tempt merely for your race.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-08-14

JAMAICA.

Jamaica is British colony, the
largest island of the British West In.
dies, so. the Governor General and
other chief officials are sent over from
England to rule the Jamaicans, but
colored men have risen to the highest
places, to which native Jamaicans may
aspire The Attorney General, the
Assistant Postmaster General, the AS
sistant Collector Of Customs and the
Assistant Registrar General are COL
ored men.
Many Of the largest businesses are
conducted by colored men. The larg-
est department store in Kingston, the
capital and principal city Of the
island is owned by-men OF mixed black
and white blood, and the sales ladies'
are the most beautiful black, colored,
chino-Jamaican, Japanese-Jamaican,
jewish Jamaican, Hindu.Jamaican.
spanish7Jamaican, r French-Jamaican
and Caucasian girls, that the island
affords. all working together in per-
feet harmony and with no thought of
color. , .,., =. ..> ..
According to the census the popu-
lation :ot Jamaica is. about $4,000,
classified Is BLACK" $50, 900; "col-
oEed,"' 100000; white" 10000. AS a
matter of fact. according to recent
visitors, there are, actually not 1000
people who can trace their ancestry
back to point where there is no ad-
mixture OF African blood. There are
also large numbers Of Chinese, Japan.
csc and East Indians among the popu-
lation,@ the Chinese controlling the
greater part Of the:retatl trade. The
intermarriage Of the whites. and Ne
groes. Chinese, Japanese and East
Indians has produced crop Of beau
tiful children, really a. new race to
which the various races have con-
tributed their best mental and physi-
cal points. -~'-. r. = '-.s P -: '.~.T
There is no color line, and the diff
ferent races and colors mingle freely
In civil and social life without any
friction whatever. OF course, some Of
the English who come over to be pub
lie; officials, try to dorm q little clique
Of their own, and the few Americans
are Mortified to find that there are
no social distinctions based on color,
but their opinions cut no figure, and
they are compelled to. accept the con-
ditions as they find them. $500: - e 8;
The majority OF the people are COM
municants Of the Church of England,
though there are many Catholics, Wes-
.leyans and Baptists, Practically all
OF the people attend the same
churches, there being no such thing
as a .:colored" branch of the Church
of England. In recent years the Bap-
lists and Methodists from the United
States have organized "colored'
branches Of these churches. q
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-08-14
The SIN or SILENCE

e ST" by silence When xs should
protest makes edwards ont Of msn:
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
euiliotines decide our lsast disputes.
The lew wig dare must speak and
speak again to right the wrongs of
msny.-ElIa Wheeler Wilcox.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-08-14
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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-08-14
9. O. P. "Liiy White" Headquarters

Washington, D. c., August 10.-The
Republican National Committee has
opened southern headquarters in Wash
ington, with Representative Slemp, of
Virginia, in, charge. It is the first time
that the party has maintained south.
ern headquarters, which, it -is under,
stood, will be for white people ex.
clusiYely. Negroes will be referred to
the "Colored Bureau at Chicago. Some
Republican dreanlers imagine that a
pig white vote can be poIled in the
South, but when the election is over
1t will be found thai, the "Solid South
= is still doing business at the old stand
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-08-14
Mr.. JoHNsoN's PROGRAM.

80" O''SSSN y VoV1nSAms~ '"~
= Mr.. Henry L. Johnson, who has been
appointed as head of the "colored',
bureau Of the Republican National
Committee, announces, a program
as follows: -, ~.
Gay A law forbidding Jim Crow
cars entering the capital at Wash.
ington. - - >'... ~ = '<-' = :
(b) A General Executive Order
forbidding any such thing as segre.
cation in any department of the gov.
eminent or federal territory of the
United States. - 49, ist3
(c) Passage of law making lynch.
ing a federal crime, with trial before,
and punishable by the United States
Court.
(d) That Office holding should be
untrammeled with the full rights of
any citizen to hold same and enjoy
the enoluments thereof. So :
The program is very good as far
as it goes, but it stops far short OF
what it should be. And there is a
fatal defect: The colored voters are
expected to swallow the bait and sup.
port the party on faith. Neither the
party nor the platform, nor the nomi.
nee, gives any assurance that the pro.
gram will be carried out in case the
Republican party regains power. The
only way to be sure Of its fulf1llment
is for the nominee to say NOW that
he will carry it out and then let the
publicity men and spellbinders spread
the news. -. -. .:~'...:' ::
No. (a) Of the program ought to
have been: The enforcement Of the
Civil War Amendments to the Con:
stitution Of the United States. Cut
the representation in Congress of the
states which deny the ballot either by
law or intimidation to any OF its citi.
zens.
Instead OF simply "forbidding jim
crow cars entering the capital at
Washington. the PROGRAM" should
endeavor to forbid jimcrow cars In
interstate travel.
And Mr.. Johnson failed to include in
his program" any reference to the
jimcrow line in the United States
Army. Why not abolish it there and
treat colored men as If they were hui.
man beings? - -. j:
And how about the United States
Navy, where colored men. may serve
only as menials? Why not abolish
the color line there? -
Mr.. johnson is shrewd politician
and. he knows that all deals" must be
made BEFORE the election or they do
not amount to much Mr.. johnson
does not take anything for granted in
his own personal. political deals. AL.
though not from Georgia, one must
always SHOW" him. IN the. recent
pro-cpnyention campaign it is alleged
I that he made several rpilgrimages to
the capital 81 Illinois and conferred
with Governor Lowden and Secretary
of State Emerson, and it is said to
have been arranged that ii he secured
Lowden delegates that cash would be
furnished for the expenses Of the cam.
paign in Georgia and that johnson
would be given fat job. Mr.. Johnson,
in his own testimony before the Sen.
ate Investigating Committee, estab.
1ished the fact that he received $4,000
from the Lowden fund for the e:
penses Of securing delegates pledged
to Lowden. He did not try to get
delegates with q program He should
use the same care In arranging q
program Tor the colored people to
see that there are some pledges behind
It: Without a definite pledge 1t means
little. perhaps nothing. n =. -
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when prominent Republicans tried to
get him out they were unable to do 40.
II he had delayed he might not now be
committeeman. < - -
We must get busy NOV ... 49,. -.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-10
Bur gess Sfdti@s sfd5ies
By THORNTON W. BURGESS
Jerry Muskrat Helps Fool Old Man Coyote
Peter Rabbit.

When things seem dark you'll often find You perhaps little blind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-10

Andrew" said Imogene. take me to the theatre tonight"
 All right" said Andrew readily. Where shall we go?"
 a"I don't care,' she replied, watching him narrowly. Where would you pre- fer?'
 Any old place suits me he said. ''so long as it is not sob drama"
 You haven't any preference at all?' she asked.
 Nope he replied. its up to you.
 Then we will not go anywhere" she said, kissing him. T won bet on you, honey." she added happily.
 Split it ffty-ffty, then" he said ..Did you bet would take you to show tonight?"
 "Yes I did," said Imogene. and I am ashamed of myself, too. It all grew our of a silly conversation I had with Jessie this afternoon.
 She was telling me her troubles with her husband, and told me that he ac- tually received a perfumed note at the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-10
Andrew and Imogene
Little Life Condolences in the Experience of Couple, Philosophic, Though Married
 By ROE FULKERSON

house the other day, and she could tell from the writing that it was from 9 woman
 She was too honorable to open it. of course, so she left it on the card tray in the hall, and when it was time for him to come home she put on her hat and furs and waited for him in the hall and did not have dinner ready.
 He came in and kicked up the note and tore it open and glanced at it and then put it in his pocket before he no- ticed that she was dressed to go ouA She then demanded the note and told him. if he did not show it to her that she was going home to her mother.
 "They had an awful scene and he absolutely refused to show it to her or to tell her what was in it, and as there was no dinner ready he went down town hto his dinner and would not take ne-.
 q told her she should at least nave given him a chance and she said all men were dishonest with their wives, and when I stood up for you she said
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-10
FISH AND OYSTER MEN
 TO GATHER IN MOBILE

Mobile, July 9.-tSpecial) )--Approxi- mately 100 fish and oyster men of the gulf coast are coming to Mobile tomor- row to hold conference on plans to promote the industry. The main pur- pose of the conference is to extend the southern sea food industdy through legislation. cooperation and other means.
 The meeting will be held at the Chamber of Commerce, opening at 10 o'clock. Fish and oyster men from the five gulf states are expected to attend. Several millions of dollars is now in vested in the business on the southern coast.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-10
PUBLIC LIBRARY IS STEADILY GROWING Records Show Thousands of New Members and New
 Books Received

During the month of June e6s new books and 5ll new members were re- ceivel for the Birmingham Public Ll- brary. according to the report which the director will read at the monthly board meeting Wednesday,
 The library now has total of 72,497 volumes and 4, A,s05 members. This is an increase of 14,S97 volumes and s,tS3 mem- bers in the past two years. The report shows 14,7eS persons used the reading room during June as compared with H. 09l persons in June, 1918.
 Sixteen good books were added to the children's department of the library dur nc the past month Among them are
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-10
MRS. PATRICK GIVEN
 TEN-YEAR SENTENCE

Mobile. July Special )-After two mistrials in her case. Mrs Mamie Patrick was found guilty by circuit court jury today on charge of arson and sentenced to ten years in the peni- tentiary The jury spent the entire night in deliberating on the case, which was given into their hands shortly after o'clock last night When court convened this morning the jury announced that it was ready to render a verdict sentence. was passed on the woman immediately in accordance with the jury's verdict which was followed by announcement of appeal by attor- neys for the defense.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-10
PARK BOAT
 CLUB WINS CENTRAL
 STATES ROWING MEET

Chicago. July 9.-The Lincoln Park Boat Club of Chicago today won the central states annual amateur rowing regatta a at the municipal pier with total or 91e points. Grand Rapids Boat and Canoe Club of Grand Rapids was second with f21h points. The victorious club was given the Elks' trophy, Members or .ne winning club will participate in the na- tional regatta to be held at Worcester. Mass. July 24, at which time the final events for the selection of crews for the gIyrupic games will be held.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-10
NEWS EVENTS AND FEATURES FOR WOMEN READERS

Mlotowsld of los Angeles and Charles Jaffe of New York tied for the lead n the masters chess tournament here to- day. when Mlotowski won his adjourned game with George q. Meidich of Cornell Cniversity $. T. Sharp of Philadelphia defeated r. S Jackson of Philadelphia in their adjourned game
 The score: Jaffe and Mlotowski ous and ore-half games each. Frank J. Mar shall. United States champion, Neidich and Sharp, one each; Jackson, none.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-10

YOU were douhtless the same and she offered to bet me that if wrote you mash note, asking you to meet me at the lobby of the Grand theatre tonlgn' vou would go to keep the engagement
 1T bet her new pair of gloves you would not. and that is why ] wrote Yon that letter you picked up off the cara trav in the hall when you came ln
 T know the reason you did not speah to mo of it was because you did no. want to worry me over a note signed just Bessie but the fact that you are willing to ea with me anvwhere l want v go tonight shows me that you never hao any intention of meeting this unknown woman.
 Now I am going upstairs to tIdy my hair and we are going to the theatre an. am going to pay for the seats out ol my own pocket money"
 She kissed him again and ran otf pn7 stairs, leaving him staring after her' speechless with amazement.
 He put his hands in his pocket anu nulIed out an unopened letter
 He ran his penknife under the iial and opening the folded sheet inside, read the decoy letter thoughtfully. At nrss his face showed anger. This gradually faded and grin supplanted it. The grin widened into laugh, and he said aloud:
 And thought the darned thing was a bill from my tailor,
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