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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-09-16
MOTIONS LOST OPPORTUNITY

Motion had the great opportunity of
his life to strike a blow for freedom
when he was on, the platform as the
alleged representative of the colored
people. Had he been a brave and
fearless leader, when he learned of
the segregation of the colored people
at the exercises he would have turned
to President Harding and said: "Mr.
President of the United States, Mr..
Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
Before making my set address, I
must make a protest against the Sc
gregation and humiliation of the col
ored people at these exercises dedi-
eating monument to the memory of
the Great Emancipation, and as a rep
resentative of one-eighth of the peo-
pie of the United States I say that
unless the barriers are torn down and
every vestige of discrimination re-
moved my prepared address will re-
main unspoken and the only words I
shall utter will be the words I have
just voiced. Let that go into the rec
ords as my speech"
Such statement would have Gre
ated a sensation. It would have
brought home to the audience the in
famous state of affairs into which
the nation has drifted. It would have
made Motion real leader and his
words would have gone laundering
down the ages.
Motion had not the courage to say
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-09-16
An Able and Forceful Writer

North Central Progress, St. Paul.)
Brother John Quincy Adams, editor
OF "The Appeal" Zone of the leading
newspapers expounding the cause Of
the colored people in the Northwest) /,
met with an automobile accident
which caused his death on Monday of
this week. Mr.. Adams was "a years
old; and is survived by his wife and
three children, to whom we desire to
express cur deepest sympathy in the
loss Of a kind and devoted husband
and father. Mr.. Adams was a man
OF sterling qualities; he was highly
esteemed by all who knew him for his
fair and square policy toward his fell
lowmen. His jealous efforts in behalf
Of his race were rewarded with great
success, as he has done more for the
cause of the colored man in the
Northwest than any other one man.
Mr.. Adams was an able and foreeful
writer and enjoyed the friendship and
respect Of his fraternal brethren.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-09-16
Editor John q. Adams

(From the Minneapolis Messenger. }
The death of Editor J. @. Adams
closes the career of an admirable
citizen: He was an uncompromising
champion for equality and justice, re-
CARELESS Of race, creed, or nationality,
His passing has caused the com
munity in which he lived to praise
him for his many virtues. He had
lived to a ripe old age and fell on the
firing ine-in active service.
The publishers Of The Messenger
have lost true friend. We extend
to his family and relatives our con-
dolences, wishing the continuance of
The Appeal as a fitting memorial and
that. it will receive loyal support in
recognition of his services to his
race-to perpetuate the policies of
Mr.. Adams and the principles to
which he dedicated his life's work.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-09-16

The Crisis and other periodicals and
many colored soldiers asserted that
instead of Investigating and endeav-
oring to correct the outrageous treat
ment to which the colored troops
We're subjected, he rushed around,
made few speeches telling the col
ored soldiers to be tgood'' and then
took the first boat for the U, S. Gin
Tuskegee." =
For colored man to laud the
brutal South, which has heaped un-
speakable wrongs upon his people for
hundreds of years, is q disgusting ex-
hibition of servility. Imagine Il YOU
can, an lrishman approving the aw-
full murders by the British soldiery;
conceive ifyou can. a Jew condoning
the pogroms in Russia, Poland and
the Balkan states; think of an East
Indian lauding the English who blew
many of his countrymen from the
mouths of cannon. If you can visual
ize these things then you can get a
true picture of. what it means for a
colored man to- laud the South. -
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-09-16
ACCUSED BE- THEY If THEY
YIELD

(Reprinted from The Appeal of
October rs, 1879 .s
For more than quarter of the
century the editor of THE APPEAL
has struggled to give the Afro-Amer-
lean people of the West newspaper
which would defend their rights. A
complete file has been preserved and
the editor is proud to say that not a
single false note has been sounded.
THE APPEAL has always advised it's
readers never to relinquish a civil
right and to aid their Southern
brethren to regain the many rights
which have slipped away because of
the activities Of jim crow propagan-
dists.
THE APPEAL has never been a
profitable business proposition in it.
self, the editor has made his living
out OF his job printing office and from
other sources of income, but he feels
that ne. has done something to aid
the colored people and the
consciousness of having fought fol
the right compensates him for the
years of hard work and the expendi-
ture of thousands of dollars.
The editor of THE APPEAL is q
father and the one thing he has en-.
deavored to impress upon the minds
of his children is self respect, espe.
clally as it relates to demanding al
the rights of American citizenship
He is poor man and has little Of
this worlds goods to bequeath them
but if they have learned their lessor
we'll and will suffer hardships anc
prlvations and even prefer to die
rather than degrade their souls b,
willingly accepting any treatment
which is in any way inferior to thai
| accorded to other Americans, tn,
editor will pass into the Great Be
yond happy in the thought that h.
has. left his offspring a priceless.
heritage.
The editor of THE APPEAL woult
rather see all of his children in thei,
graves than to feel that they will
ever even in their minds consider tn,
proposition of becoming Jim crowist,
and if they are ever willing to civ,
up liberty and become servile syco
plants, may Gods most awful ours
descend upon them and their childre,
and may their children's children b.
accursed through all time and eter
nifty.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-09-16
JIM CROW, LEADERS.

We had in a recent issue sympo-
SUM OF views of colored editors in
various parts of the country on the
speeches Of President Harding in Bir-
mingham, Ala, and Atlanta, Ga.
One OF the strongest of these is an
editorial from the Richmond (Va.)
Planet, by that fearless; journalist,
John Mitchell, Jr. Referring to the
desire Of President Harding to have
more negro leaders developed, The
Planet says: --
THE SOUTH IS FULL OF THIS
KIND OF LEADERS. DIR. BOOK
Err T. WASHINGTON DID HIS
PART IN DEVELOPING THIS
KIND OF LEADERSHIP. IN LAT
ER YEARS HE REALIZED THAT
HE HAD GONE TOO FAR. TO THE
EXTENT OF ELIMINATING THE
PRINCIPLES OF MANHOOD.
WITHOUT WHICH NO RACE CAN
RISE TO THE FULL HEIGHT OF
AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP.
This is a strong statement vet it is
absolutely true. No single thing in
the history OF the colored people in
the United States has done so much
to prevent the full attainment of citi-
zsnship as that speech of Booker
Washington delivered in Atlanta, Ca,
in 1895.
Since then the descent to hell has
been swift and sure and the depths
were sounded when the other day.
warren G. Harding, President of the
United States, stood by the side of
the Grady monument in Atlanta, pro-
bounced eulogy on Henry w.
Grady, the most bitter, dangerous and
lnsldlous enemy of the colored people
that the country has produced, de-
clared that the race question must be
settled by the segregation of Ameri-
can citizens.
Lured on by the enthusiastic recep-
ton by the South of the B. Washing
ton speech and the white mans
good negro" pat on the shoulder. the
]lmerow leaders, tribe has increased
so enormously that it is now men,
ace to be reckoned with in every COM
mqn1ty in which there are hundred
colored men.
Before he died Booker Washington
repented in bitterness what he had
done and longed for life to wash out
ms unwise course but it was too late.
Although it may be news to MANY. it
is a fact that after his death an ar
tlc!e, written by him, was printed in
leading magazine, in which he re-
pudiated segregation which he had 50
long championed.
No greater calamity could befal]
the colored people than the harvest
ing OF a new crop Of "jimcrow negro
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-09-16

diary editorials Of the Atlanta News
and the Atlanta Journal, owned by
Hoax Smith, then governor of Geor-
gia. Smith was recently nominated
for governor and in Georgia that is
equivalent to election. It is evident
that public opinion supports Smiths
policies. s.s-
We reprint Dubois famous classic
because we believe that the race
should ponder over the wrongs it has
suffered.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-09-16
EAU REvoiR JAZzEBos"'

It seems that the colored jazz ar
lists who have become so popular in
Paris will soon have to leave for
home, A recent dispatch from Paris
says; A regiment of colored jazz
artists from the U. S. A. have must
cal Paris in the hollow of their hands.
Any jazz band can anchor at a
French cafe and put the S. R. o.
sign in front before the end of the
week. It's a gift. The terrible con-
sequences, from the French point of
view, is that jazzbos scoop up all
the money in sight, while honor grad
yates from the French academies
can't get look-in on restaurant jobs.
The Frenchman for all his tenn
oerment, his struggling of shoulders
and talking with The hands, can't
grab off the knack of making saxo-
phone whine or causing snare drum
to syncopate. Parisians dance to
rag music with abandon but the tai
emit to create it must be imported.
The result is, that native borns curl
up and starve, while the colored men
gather big money. Is
For the protection Of the French
artists a law was recently passed that
on and after October 1, no orchestra
may contain more than 10 per cent
foreigners. That means Eau revoir''
to American jazz and the return Of
symphonic dance music to Paris. It
may also mean thumbs down for
many cafes that have rolled up huge:
dividends on the strength Of jazz.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-09-16
THE "MENAcE" OF. BUDDHISM.

A woman who has been q Christian
missionary in Japan for 18 years call
ed the attention to the Disciples Of
Christ, at q recent general confer
ence, to the growing '.menace'' Of
Buddhism. She said that Buddhist
priests and teachers arecoming in in
creasing numbers and are urging the
japanese in the u. s. to have nothing
to do with the Christian religion on
the ground d that its followers call
them Inferior and Cypress them. She
also stated that BUD hisn Is also
{ gaining among Americans and tha
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-09-16
Crowds Ihr0ng to Adams Ritds
Continued from first oase.

Continued from first page.
shall shiver
Beneath old sorrow once so hard to
bear,
That not again besides deaths dark
some river
Shall we deplore the good, the love,
the fair, -.
NO more with tears wrought from
deeper inner anguish +
Shall we bewail the dear hopes
crushed and gone, =. .
NO more need we in doubt or fear tn
lanquish, --c..,.. > -.
So far the day has past, the Jour
ney done! .
tbs we'll when sweet air cometh from
the shores Immortal
Inviting homeward at the days de-
cline, - -
Almost we see, wherefrom the open
portals fair forms
Stand reckoning with their smiles
divine! - .s<3
Tis well the earth with all her myriad
e. voices s
Has lost the powers our senses to
enthrall,
We hear above the tumult and the
noises
Soft tunes of music like an Angels
call!
Iis well Oh friends we would not turn
retracting
The long vain years, or call our
lost youth back,
Gladly with spirits braced, the future
facing
We leave behind the dusty foot
worn track!
Remarks by Reverend Carr were
followed by the ritualistic services of
Gopher Lodge, No. los, conducted by
Exalted Ruler, Hector Hunter.
An eloquent eulogy on "The Life
Beautiful, taken from the text. "A
prince, and great man, has fallen
this day in Israel" was then delivered
BY Reverend L. w. Harris, pastor of
Pilgrim Baptist Church, in which he
warmly extolled Mr.. Adams life,
character and work for humanity.
"Flee as a Bird" was beautifully
sung by Mrs. Hattie LOOMS Oliver.
following the eulogy, after which the
public was allowed to pass before the
bier, which was covered and sur
rounded by the numerous and beauti-
| ful floral tributes received from
friends and associates. The body of
Mr.. Adams was then escorted to Oak
land Cemetery, where the benediction
was pronounced by Rev. L. w. Har-
ris.
Mr.. Adams is survived bv his wife.
Ella B. Adams, his son. John Quincy.
Jr, two daughters, Mrs. Jasper
Glbbs, Jr. OF Minneapolis, Mimi, and
MISS Edythe1la; a brother, Cyrus
Field Adams, and a sister, Mary C.
warlng, both of Chicago, all of
whom attended the funeral.
Mrs. .Thos. H. Lyles was the fu-
neral director.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-09-16
CARD OF THANKS,

We desire to express our appreci-
ion of the many kind words of
mpathy which were spoken per-
nally, came by wire and mail, and
the kindnesses and services rem
red by neighbors and friends and
e members of Gopher Lodge, No.
s, and of the beautiful floral trib-
es received, on the occasion of our
cent bereavement-the' loss of a
nd and loving husband and father.
MRS. ELLA 3. ADAMS
~~ JOHN Q. ADAMS, JR.
MRS. ADINA A. GIBBS
EDYTHELLA B. ADAMS.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-09-16
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES.

President Harding and Secretary
Hughes "have been moved by COM
plants from Americans in the near
east and have demanded equal OPP
portunities for Americans in Persia
and Mesopotamia. It seems that
those who kick get at least some of
the things they complain about. And
the President would sit up and take
notice if the colored people kicked
hard enough and in, unison.
While the administration is quick
to come to the aid Of Americans
abroad" it does not hesitate to curse
Americans at home" Colored
Americans ae cans have been jimcrowed in
every way right here in America.
The Presidents speeches in Alabama
and Georgia were curses upon pa
troitic Americans and double curses
because some lickspittle ttleaders"
attempted to condone them. ,s@.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-09-16
IT PAYS TO KICK

The American Legion city commit
tee Of Wilmington, Del, objected Sc
riously to the plan of the general
committee to having the Norman D.
Scott Post to march in a separate
division Of colored people instead Of
with the regular division assigned to
the American Legion on Memorial
Day. The Legionaires insisted that
the Scott Post be. in line with the
other three posts, and intimated that
it would withdraw from the parade
unless the discrimina tory ban would
,e lifted. 800
It always pays TO kick.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-09-16

many colored people were being con-
verified. It is not strange that the
religion Of the gentle Gautama Buddha
should appeal. to the colored people,
because it not only teaches the equal
ity of mankind, but practices its
teachings. Orthodox Christianity in
the D. s. teaches inequality of race
and Expresses, disfranchises, lmches
and burns colored Christians at the
stake. Il is aided in Excepting the
'nigger' in his place" by the Ku Klux
Nansmen, who, barring the Jews and
Catholics, meel before the "F1aminp
Cross" and swear to uphold white
supremacy" -.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-09-16

DEATH OF EDITOR ADAMS

1t is the sorrowful task of those
10 are left behind to announce the
agic death of John Q. Adams for
~ years editor and publisher of
He APPEAL. Mr.. Adams was
ruck by an automobile Sunday,
!ptember 3, 1922. He suffered for
out six hours and then peacefully
'ssed into the Great Beyond.
Thus passed away great soul, a
wing husband and father, and a
'od citizen.
The details of his untimely death
I'd burial will be found in this issue.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-09-16
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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-09-16

4E ANNIVERSARY OF ATLANTA'S
SHAME -.f r.

Sixteen years have passed since the
cody massacre Of innocent colored
mericans at Atlanta, Ga. It was
te of the bloodiest chapters in the
story of the world. Many of the
.rograms" of the semi-barbarous
1ssian mujiks pale into insignif-
nee before the blood frenzy Of At
ata's Caucasian Christians. The
act number Of the 1hobbed and
ordered people will never be known
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-09-16
= Bible Thoughtfor To-day

Reward Of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
alteth himself shall be abased; and
-- that humbleth himself shall be
alted.-Luke 14:11.
But in lowliness of mind let each
TEEN other better than themselves.
ok not every man on his own
lngs, but every man also on the
ings of others.-Philippians 2:3, 4.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-09-16
BY A. v. Hall

0nEe iNGS TO J. G."
BY A. v. Hall
Out of Despair's cold mist,
Winning by prayer and thrift,
Into the twenty-fifth-
Greetings to you.
Come back along the way,
Twenty and five years today,
: When the poor black race Law
Helpless, though free.
, What benighted throng.
Scarce knowing right from wrong.
Only that prayer and song
Brought liberty.
Lincoln had done his best,
Douglass, and all the rest,
Yet the great final test
What could WE do?
Out of the doubt-flled air,
frightening our grim despair,
God in His loving care,
Sent us j. O.
Promised His aid to lend,
Babe J. @. take up his pen;
Buy The APPEAL and then
Fight for his race.
And he has fought, and more,
In the black race, heart-sore,
J. @. the editor,
Fills we'll his place.
God in Thy holiness,
Grant that no black man rest,
Til he has done his best
With Thee allied.
And, on the honor roll
OF men who reach their goal
Place there in letters bold:
u. @. the SCRIBE"
Out Of Despair's cold mist,
Winning by prayer and thrift,
Into the twenty fifth:
God lead you on.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-09-16

The following poem was read by
its author at the twenty-fifth ami
versary celebration of Mr.. Adams
editorship Of The Appeal.
"GREETlNGS TO j. O."
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-09-16
1hokE: N. W. CEDAR SEQ.
MINNEAPOLIS OFFICE
9912 Tenth Avenue South
J. n. SELLERS. Manager.

ReA At the PsstOnce in St. Paul.
Minnesota, a. seeon1-elass mail
matter, Jane 9, 1885, under
Act Of Conaress,
March 8, 1879.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-12-02
THE PRESIDENT AS LEADER

Washington vary the energy and determination
Harding intends put into his demand for shipping
subsidy correspondents represent him bound up heart
and soul with this project and resolved back with
ounce strength which Administration possesses. Others
picture him merely dSchagng what he thinks of duty
his party and the keep of personal pledge content leave
with Congress. Either way his this affair
the President leader his party Does
Mr. Harding propose that role for the OF his term
Till now he has visiby Shrunk from it,
If the President really his leadership after the
fashion Roosevelt Wilson, he has chosen both his time and
subject unhappiy For Administration seek force
bill through Congress big job To urge bill which sharply
divides party followers and attempt enacted
conditions of congeSted legislation in the short session.
realty adds the difficulty Under the circumstances President
Hardngs call upon Congress pass the Ship Subsidy bill looks
heroic might be regarded the latter
it prove hope led triumph by unexamped vigo
the part of the Mr. Harding
left of the bitter opposition which he would
The Republican leaders Congress frankly told
him that he bade fair split his party and then to fail to
get what he wanted because the with which the minority
could fbuster the subsidy of time
The President accurately informed also of the antagonsm of
the Western farmers He apparently sought throw them
by introducing into his subsidy passage about the
desraby establishing better system of agricultural credits
with every aid that be got through bargain of that
kind through party pressure the prospect that Mr. Harding
will have fight harder than he has done he became
President he is going succeed imposing his will upon
Conress.-New York Times.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-12-02
THE DRIVE FOR MONEY

Are becoming a nation of beggars?
Are expected to furnish behs and good for
who under the guse helping
themselves?
During the got the drive habit and people think
it here stay but they have another think coming them
The people tired and with drives They expect
their church drives and help them willingly They expect the
Red drive and give it willingly but there is limit to
things especially when money hard obtain and the drive
business is worked to the full limit.
Help your churches possible Help the Red Cross
do the good work it doing Help the Salisbury Hospital which
much for the poor sick people of County Help
anything that appeals and fee able to help but
queus foreign drvesour church will do this work. The
boards Of the churches know how dispense the money foreign
fields they the proper channels for the distribution of
such funds
When the products of the soil bring recompense the
farmer prosperity agricultural community then
stand more "drives'-p perhaps.