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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-03-05
sEGeREeATIoN BY CENSUS.

IA The United States assumes that a
group of about 100000 people are
Negroes and proceeds to so classify
them. More than ninety-nine per cent
OF the persons so classified were born
In America of American parents, and
their parents were Americans and so
on back for ten generations.
If q man whose ancestors for many
generations is not an American, who
Is entitled to the name? II g. white
man can become an American In two
generations, why should a person of
any other color born In this country
fail to ARRIVE" In the same space of
time? ..:..E g"
The name Negro applied to a
group of citizens in this country is In
accurate, because it does not include
forty or fifty million other Americans
who have more or less Negro blood.
The expression "pure race" is amyth
so all great writers on racial questions
agree. .,..I .A
The mixing of bloods In this country
has gone SO far that 1t is impossible
to determine with. any degree of accu-
racy who has Negro blood and who
has not, and for the Government to
select about 100000 people and say
that they are Negroes" and by that
act to aid in making them separate
treatment In church and state, is to
perpetrate great wrong. :.
It Is an infamous thing for the gov
eminent OF this great republic to draw
the color line In any way. In q 70.
public every citizen should have ex-
ectly the same status SO far as the
government is concerned. - -
There is no reason why q Democra.
cy should attempt to classify its cit
liens by their blood. All persons
born in this country should be con.
sidered Americans without any pre-.
fixes or suffixes. - .-...l "a. &
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-03-05

farioss work has bssa aided By so
called colored lsadefs who have tAken
the role Of public m6ndi cants and have
begged for moneysto organize jimcrow'
Institutions and thus prevent their own
class from securing their rights ~
American citizens
The product Of the segregated lnsti-
tuition is usually crop OF young col
ored people with slavish Instincts;
cringing towards, .servile sycophants. !.
Great God deliver the people from
I such charity and give them Justice.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-03-05
STICKING ( ] TO IT.
BY =. w. GILES.

Disappointemnts and losses will
come, but they may be I. overcome.
When Mr.. and Mrs. Bird return from
the South in the spring and find their
last years house demolished, they
sing their sweetest songs and work
IKE Irolans, and a new house is
eullt and a growing family provided
| want to encourage you to be a
stlcker and slayer. As someone has
said: The postage stamp sticks to
one thing until it gets there. VI:
It is the straight and narrow path
that leads to success in any line.
Concentration Of effort is the thing
that counts. The trouble with MANY
old shot-guns=is that they scatter too
much. SoSwhile they may do a good
deal of shooting, they don't do much
hitting We have ali heard of, course
OF the man who had too many irons
In the fire. We have all heard Of
course of the man who was a Jack
Of all trades and master of none Of
them. >sSa4s 2f: - +: ca " lrz5. ! -
I want to encourage you to have
something definitely in view. and get
right after it. Someone has said:
This one thing do. 1t is better to
do one thing and do it well than to
undertake many things and not do
any of them we'll. - ~.
In railroading, the application of
sand to- the slippery tracks, enables
the engine to stick to the rails and
pull the load On other occasions, it
enables the engine to stick to the
rails and hold the load back, and thus
avoid running away with itself, all Of
which is encouragingly suggestive. of
"sand' or "grit" in life. ,.ss i. -.
I want to encourage you to be
tremendously in earnest. Earnestness
puts the steam into things, and steam
makes things CO. Someone has said:
1 press towards the mark. In other
words, ! bring pressure to bear upon
myself. In other words, I crowd my
self into the work of life. In other
words, am tremendously in earnest.
1t is surprising what earnestness har-
messed up with a lot of other good
qualities will accomplish. Life is a
good deal like wheelbarrow. You
apply the push, and it goes.
want 20 encourage you to refrain
from whining. The world likes
little baby, but it doesn't like q big
baby. Surprising the world is out Of
joint at both ends, whining won't help
it any. A stiff upper lip will help
you over many a hard place, and keep
the confidence and respect of those
about you, while a whine will lead
people to think you are sissy boy,
and despise you accordingly. ;.
I want to encourage you to avoid
the habit of impotence. Impatience
in the life is like friction in the ma
chineryr It makes it run hard and
wear out quick and is a constant an
noyance and unhappiness while do
ing So: = 49, ~. 49, W.. ~. -
Now in closing, I want to encour-
age you in everything that is good,
the highest ideals. and purposes, the
loftiest inspirations and aspirations
of life. -.
o.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-03-05
SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 1921.
THE NJ. A. A. G. p.

The National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People has
begun a drive for a quarter of a
million members; and, one of the
methods employed to arouse the peo-
pie to a sense of their duty as hui
man, law-abiding American citizens
is the sending out Of 10000 copies
of large Skill eight-page pamphlet
containing fac-simile accounts OF
lynchings in newspapers in the south
This ought to help lot.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-03-05
"NoNE so BLIND AS THOSE WHO
WON'T 6EE."


Representative Clark of Florida.
speaking before the House census
committee, denounced the National
Association for the Advancement of
Colored People as an organization
composed of "Meddling, fussing'' per-
sons who "are working on IGNORANT
Negroes of the South. to keep them.
selves in good positions" Mr.. Clark
needs a lot of information about the
N. A. A. G. P. which he seems not to
have, and his denunciation certainly
shows his ignorance and color preju-
dice-another evidence Of ignorance.
Mr.. Clark is, however, wise. enough
to see that if the object sought by the
N. A. A. G.. P. in it's contention before
the committee is obtained, his chances
for polishing the seat OF his pants on
a seat in Congress will be mighty un-
sartin. Hence his objection.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-03-05
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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-03-05
Living With Bullet II Heart

Omaha, Neb.-James Freeman Of
this city has q bullet In his heart and
Is still alive he told the police he
was shot by his wife, from whom he
had been separated, when he returned
home after he Is said to have threat
ened her. She met him at the door and
fred pointblank. He walked to the
police station. nearly three miles
away. where medical attention was
given him. He was removed to hos
pital and an X-ray taken which show
ed the bullet nesting u the heart.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-03-05

The increase in burglary can be &C
counted for by men trying to break
into cellars and drug stores, where
they thought they might find drink.
The increase in vagrancy is pos
sibly caused by some of the men not
having saloons to spend the night in
and were compelled to spend their
time upon the streets.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-03-05
Effect OF PROHIBITION IN
ST. PAUL.

While THE APPEAL is not an
ardent advocate of Prohibition, it
believes that along some lines, there
has been much reduction in crime
under prohibition laws. w..
The research specialist of t'The
Board of Temperance, Prohibition and
Public Morals of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church" has made report of
what he found, here as. follows: +.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-03-05
Value Of Small advertisements.

The editor Of The American Press
advises publishers to cultivate the
small accounts more intensively. Ten
advertisers using six inches each
weekly is better, it says, than one
advertiser using so inches. To have
a large number Of small advertisers
is much safer from a business stand
point, it contends, than to rely upon
a few large users Of space for neces-
sary revenue.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-03-05
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, tho 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.-Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-03-05

In 1919 the arrests for drunken
ness totaled 49.7 per cent Of the
whole number Of arrests; in 1920 they
were only % per cent Of the total
number ,and falling off Of 66.1 per
cent of the year before. Two thou
sand two hundred and fiv arrests less
in a year means less work for the
police department, less cost in the
police stations and Jail, less suffering
and disgrace to wives and children
and oftimes less men later in the
workhouse and penitentiary.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-03-05

them just as they have their colored
brethren. -,%f a.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-05-26
Wheat Report

Approximately 300,000,000 BUSH
els of wheat have been exported
from the United States for the sea-
son to April 80. The largest ex-
ports on record were 332, 465, 900
bushels for the season of 1914-15.
In that crop year the production
of wheat amounted to 891, 900, 900
bushels while last year we raised
100000 bushels of wheat. Prev
ious to 1914, our exports of wheat
amounted to less than $50, 900, 900
bushels. These figures should give
food for thought to those who are
talking under a dollar for wheat.
Taking for granted that we car
ried over 50,0O0,0O0 bushels of
wheat last July, we therefore had
available at the beginning of the
season total of around 937, 000,-
600 bushels. Deducting 100000
600 bushels exported, and 10000
600 bushels for seed, leaves 547,-
100000 bushels. Ordinarily this
would not be much more than the
amount required for domestic con-
sumption, but assuming that but
475,000,000 bushels will be used in
this country this season, we find
that only 100000 bushels remain
for export during the final two
months of the season and for carry
over on July 1. Estimated that
about 100000 bushels will be ex-
ported during May and June, this
would leave only az, 100000 BUSH
els to be carried over into the next
crop year. If this proves true our
crop of wheat will have to be over
100,000,000 bushels greater than
last year in order to give us
total supply approximately equal
to that available at the start of
the 1920-21 season.-Grain Dealers
Advisory Bureau.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-05-26
Your Moods

There is nothing more fatal to
efficiency, more insidiously demon
alizing upon character than indul-
gence in blue, discouraged moods,
in self-pity and self-distrust. Such
weak indulgence, if allowed to be-
come habitual, will unman the very
strongest, rob him of stamina, I'M
dermine the very foundation of his
character.
The next time you feel as if the
bottom had dropped out of every
thing and you are right up against
it, don't make matters worse by al
lowing yourself to get down into
dumps, to spend nights worrying
and fretting and days anticipating
evils ahead.
The man who can smile when
things go wrong has tremendous
advantage over the person whose
courage collapses just as soon as
he is in hard place. The men
who can smile and hang on when
everything seems to go against him
is made of winning material.-O. S.
Marden in Business Philosopher.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-05-26
Feed Dept.

We have just received . /.
shipment Of Harvester oil n,,s ase
in one gallon cans at Csc, fi ", p
Ion tins at 1925 per tin and Il t ss''
at 45c per gallon. Oulk
=. Our bulk soap for spray is po;,.
fine, The price is 18c per II s'ins
Jay says, "Tell 'em about p,ou
ing food again. It's sellin, SOW. ~
and will do more towards r ! ,as
tnose chicks right than anytbirs
else We have around here n ~
shape Of grain" A's
We promised to let Won l,..
when that Yellow and Whit NV
Corn seed came in but we ~.
promised so many fellows ~.
same thing that we have forgovsn
who they all are SO we are iu,,
telling you all together that Il !,
here. Get yours now while tn,
supply lasts.
When you can get a fine littl,
twelVe-dozen egg carrier, stee
bound, complete with filters TO
$l.oO, why will you persist /,
bringing in those broken eggs?
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-05-26
Flour Higher

The wholesale price of flour adj
vanced 60 cents per barrel last
week. We continued selling on the
old list as long as our supply last
ed. Thursday Of this week we
were obliged to raise our selling
price to $40 per sack.
Butter, also, took slight adj
vance this week and eggs are a
trifle higher.
We had such a large sale on the
small prunes few weeks ago when
we were selling at 5 cents per Id.
that we have decided to try it
again and have arranged for an
other shipment Of 300 pounds. They
will be on sale Saturday only at
5 cents per lb.
We are readjusting our feed price
list this week and suggest that you
compare it with prices quoted else
where before you make your pur-
chases.
Lard, cooking oil, compound and
shortening are cheaper than they
have been for years. To do your
self justice you should get our pric-
es on the above commodities even
though you are not trading with us.
We occasionally hear some one
say that they are going to send
away to buy their groceries to save
money. Do you know that we have
very large mail order business?
Well we have and more people are
coming and writing to US FOR sup
plies every week, this includes or
ders for every department. Our
out-of-town customers are unani-
nous in their claim that Kenne-
wick is the cheapest place to trade
for miles around. Before your send
away any orders give your local
merchant a chance to figure on the
order, stating the brands of goods
you are going to buy, thus giving
your local man an even break with
outside competition. You will be
surprised to find that he will not
only save you freight but money
on the purchase price of the goods
as we'll.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-05-26
Personals

Mr.. Lincoln has been spending a
few days this week at our store in
White Bluffs. }
Mr.. Price went to Prosser on
business Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herring of White
Bluffs were Kennewick visitors
last week.
Walt Sommers, our Prosser store
manager, and his two children
were in Kennewick, Tuesday p. m.
A. Shaffer sold us the first
home grown green peas this sea-
son bringing them in Tuesday p.
m. The pods were well filled with
tender sweet peas and were of good
size. We are in hopes Mr.. Shat
fer will furnish us with enough
for our Saturday trade. j.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-05-26
Volume 2
Cheese

Last Saturday we advertised
cheese at 23c per h., and ordered
large shipment of No. 1 cheese
for this sale. This shipment failed
to arrive until the following Mon
day and we were obliged to buy our
Saturday supply locally. We not
only failed to make a profit on the
cheese we sold but the quality of
the cheese was not the best, and
before we realized the fact it had
been widely distributed among our
customers. We have been replac-
ing this with good cheese wherever
we find the opportunity. We will
run our cheese ad again this week
and you may be sure that the quail
ity of it is of the finest and the
price will be 23c per lib.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-05-26

When asked if a shorter course
to success wasn't possible than one
laid down in the curriculum, Dr.
Eliot, of Harvard, replied: "My
boy, it depends upon what you in.
tend making of yourself. If ma.
ture wants an oak, she works on
the job a hundred years; if she
wants squash, six months is suf.
ficient." @u-..
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-05-26
TERRIBLE SCANDAL
Hudson Hudsonite: There wa

Hudson Hudsonite: There was a
report rife in Hudson last week
that well known couple had spent
a night in one Of the local garages,
being locked in when the establish
ment was locked up for the night.
Every effort was made to keep the
matter quiet, but the gossips got
busy, as they always do, and the
matter leaked out, and to remove
suspicion from all our young peo-
pie we have decided to make the
scandal public and tell who the
guilty parties were. It was Lizzie
Ford and one of the Dodge Broth
ers.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-05-26

A Salem man who recently went
to Southern California for his
health found upon arrival there
that his supply of clothing was
much too heavy and warm for that
land of sunshine. Preparing a tel
egram to send home for lighter APP
parel, he presented it at the tele-
graph office along with a cash de-
post, but was informed that his
money would only send nine let
tiers. Being short on change he
figured while and then presented
the following revised and curtailed
telegram: as. o. S., B. v. D., P.
D. O."
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-05-26

A Colorado Agricultural College
bulletin says:
Banana stalks hung in the poul-
try houses will keep lice and ver-
min away. Almost any grocer will
give you some of these stalks for
the asking. Destroy old stalks and
hang up new ones occasionally"
Sounds fishy, but may be all right.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-05-26

Henry Ford says that cows are
superfluous and that a machine
can take their place. 1t is a safe
bet that his flivver has already
weaned more boys from milking
than any other modern invention.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-05-26
NUMBERS

Do you hold numbers SAT-, 561S,
5409 or 6051? If so, bring them
to the store for your aluminium ket-
tie, as these were the numbers
drawn the past two weeks.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-05-26

The society editors report of the
Crapley-Smith wedding read: "Miss
Smiths dimpled, shining face
formed a pleasing contrast with
Mr.. Crapley's strong, bold physiog-
nomy." But imagine her conster-
nation the next morning to read
in her society column that, "Miss
Smiths pimpled, skinny face
formed pleasing contrast to Mr..
Crapley's stony, bald physiog-
nomy." .-.-.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-05-26

This thing Of busting a bottle
of water across the nose Of new
ship must make the old boat laugh.
In times they will christen ship
by striking it on the left side with
a pink powder puff.-Fort Lupton
(Colo) Booster.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-05-26

When cigarettes are outlawed, it
will no doubt be possible to buy.
them for non-smoking purposes.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-05-26

Borrow trouble for yourself if
that is your nature, but don't lend
it to your MISUNDERSTANDING.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-05-26

The honeymoon is over when he
grows weary of salads and layer
cake and begins to ask for some
thing to eat.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-05-26

We don't know where he got his
data but James j. Hill said: "The
sum of human waste, the result of
carelessness, If gathered together
each year, would represent for
tune whose size would feed the
world for 100 years."
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-05-26

We are not worrying SO much
right now about the fool killer as
we are the cool filler. - Florida
Times-Union.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-05-26

The cheek-to-cheek dancers nat
urally have to have their weak
heads propped up. -
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-05-26

Adam had one advantage. When
Eve had a crouch she never re-
minded him that she had a lot of
chances to do better.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-05-26

It rains alike on the just and the
just awful.