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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-06-02

City Organizations Glue Public
Library Works OF Colored Writers
Clubs Civic Bodies individuals and College Fraternity
Join Everywoman Progressive Council in
"Friends of Library" Campaign

viction that the great works from
colored authors of the future would
not be poems of protest, but rather
works which, while recognizing that
all was not right with the world,
would treat race struggles and hopes
with a sane optimism born of broad
ened and mature understanding.
Librarian Webster Wheelock, in ac-
cepting the gifts presented by the va
rious clubs, said that the occasion
was the first where an organized at
tempt had been made by any citi-
zens to aid in the Friends Of the Lii
brary campaign, recently inaugurated.
He urged the club representatives
there to read the books and tell their
white and colored friends that the
library had them for circulation.
Two spirituals were sung by a
group of singers from the Pilgrim
Baptist choir.
Mrs. w. T. Francis, president of
the Everywoman Progressive Coun-
Gil. who was instrumental in arrang-
ing the party, was presented with a
floral gift by the members of the
council. In her concluding remarks,
Mrs. Francis urged those present to
adopt the slogan Of the Omega Psi
Phi fraternity's Negro Literature
campaign, "Buy Book and Read a
Book"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-06-02

Sixteen books by colored authors
or about colored people were present
ed to the st. Paul public library Mon
day night at a Book Party" held
und,r the auspices Of the. Every
woman Progressive Council. In ad-
dition to two books, Everywoman
Progressive Council presented a
Black Swan record, "Caro Nome" an
aria from Rigoletto, sung by Madame
Antoinette Garnes, a colored singer
with the Chicago Grand Opera COM
pany.
REV. Frederick M. Eliot, minister
of the Unitarian church, reviewed
James Weldon Johnson's "Book of
American Negro Poetry" Rev. Mr..
Eliot expressed the belief that the
best Negro poetry has been and will
be written in dialect.
"I agree with the editor of this
preface when he says that dialect has
the disadvantage of being considered
in the popular mind either humorous
or pathetic. l realize that there are
many more themes that colored poets
wish to express than these two, but
nevertheless, I feel that the effort to
dignity and broaden dialet and erase
these two dominant conceptions will
bring a rich reward to the colored
writer's"
Rev. Mr.. Eliot expressed the con-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-06-02
FIND MORE PEORAGE
I'm LOUISIANA PARISH
Woman and Two Nine Year-Old
Daughters Found on Berry
Farm

New York, May 31.-A report
made by the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People,
gives details of the recent Louisiana
peonage case exposed through the
investigation. undertaken by the New
Orleans branch of the N. A. A. c. P.
The victims of the peonage were
Mrs. Emma johnson and her two
nine-year-old daughters Of Picayune,
Miss, who were enticed to Tangipa-
hoa Parish in Louisiana with the
promise of transportation and board
and pay of 1 cent for every box Of
strawberries picked. A labor agent
and a colored woman enticed them.
When they had arrived at Tickfaw,
La, they were carried to the straw
berry farm Of Benjamin Kincheon, 8
miles from the station, and held in a
commodations and poor food, chiefly
corn bread and syrup, and were
forced to work from sunrise until
mans brother, found his way to the
farm and offered to pay whatever
debt his sister and her children owed
Kincheon if he would release them
Mr.. Kincheon beat Pringle with a
kclub and would have shot him If his
wife had not begged him to spare
Pringle. The wife hid the revolver
enabling Pringle to escape to New
Orleans where he reported the case
to the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People.
The case was brought before tht
federal court in New Orleans.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-06-02
PETER SALEM DAY
SET FOR JUNE IL

rs Boston, May 31.-The National
Equal Rights League has inaugural
ed a movement for the national. OBJ
servance of June. IL as Peter Salem
day. In honor of this black hero,
and as answer to Ku Kluxism, the
league proposes to have outdoor ex-
ercises at the great Bunker Hill
memorial in this city, on Sunday
afternoon, the 18th, at l o'clock. 1t
will also hold an indoor meeting at
night as its "Peter Salem day" OBJ
servance. The league appeals to all
other race organizations to publicly
observe this race day, as the~initia-
| ttion of an annual custom.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-06-02
MILL CITY KLAN
.C.YCLOPS DRAWS
'W0RkSSEN7ENCE
Roy H. Miner, With Four
: Others, Found Guilty of
Criminal Libel
,KLAn MAY REVOKE CHARTER
Atlanta Asked to Revoke Mill
City Charter for Anti
Leach Tactics
,kLAN MAY REVOKE CHARTER

Roy H. Miner, exalted cyclops OF
the Minneapolis Klan and Gladys
Kennedy were given workhouse sen.
tences of 80 days each-the limit
under the law-after a jury in the
Minneapolis district court found
them with two others guilty of Grim
inal libel in connection with the sur
reptitious distribution of an anony-
nous publication, styled "The Voice
of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan,'
which contained an affidavit, signed
by the Kennedy woman, attacking
Mayor Leach.
Thomas Sullivan, suspended deputy
sheriff, and George Silk, publisher
of the Hennepin County Enterprise
at Hopkins, were each sentenced to
60 days in the workhouse. A fine of
$50 was imposed on Shirley Reichert,
notary public and special student at
the University of Minnesota, who as
notary public took the acknowledge
ment Of the Kennedy affidavit.
Suit Based on Affidavit.
The indictment against the five de-
fendants was based upon an affidavit
signed by , Gladys Kennedy, self
avowed woman Of the underworld, at
the request of Miner, >Klan cyclops,
and in the presence of Shirley Rel
ebert, notary. The affidavit made
sensational charges against Mayor
Leach. It was published in the
"Voice of the Knights of the Ku Klux
Klan" and issued from the Office of
George Silk, publisher of the Hop
kins Enterprise.
Paper Circulated Over Night.
Under cover of darkness on the
night of April 10, the paper carrying
the attack on Mayor Leach was
thrown upon porches Of Minneapolis
homes by members of the Klan, tes'
timany showed. The Hennepin coun'
ty grand jury, then in session, be-
gan an investigation, and Mayor
Leach appeared as one of the wit.
nesses after police detectives hat
obtained an admission from Silk that
he had printed the paper.
AS result of the trial and convic'
tion of Miner. revocation Of the char
ter of the Minneapolis Klan and ex
pulsion of "about 25" members ha!
been threatened by the national head
quarters. . it was announced by Miltor
Elrod. editor of the Fiery Cross
weekly Klan publication, and Phil B
Snythe, attorney retained by. thu
Klan in Ohio. According to lates'
announcements. the Minneapolis
Klan will fight the revocation pro
ceedings.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-06-02
ORCHESTRA ENTERTAINS
AT BREAKFAST DANCE

The breakfast dance given by the
Majestic orchestra at Union Hall on
Memorial Day proved to be the most
enjoyable and unique entertainment
that has been given in St. Paul for
some time. A large crowd filled the
hall and the many-hued spring dress
es of the women gave color. to the
gathering. Dancing was continued
until 3 o'clock. breakfast dances
are popular and are held frequently
in the East Peavey Johnson, a mem
ber of the orchestra, said, "and we
hope that this one will be but the be-
ginning of a series in the Twin Cit
ies."
Members of the Majestic orchestra
are Walter Willis, Earl Glendenon
Peavey Johnson, Robert Minor, Chas
M. Tucker, Clinton Minor and George
True.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-06-02
Robert Morris, st.
Paul Veteran, Dies

Robert Morris died at the Ancker
hospital on Saturday morning, May
26, with complication of diseaseg
He was born in Rome, Ca, and was
72 years of ago; he was a Civil War
veteran having served in Co. A, 7th
Illinois infantry. He was the last
charter member of Mars Lodge, G..
U.1O. O. F.
He was the last surviving colored
member Of local G. A. r. post and
a member of the Pilgrim Baptist
church. His funeral was held at
Listoe & Wold conducted by Mrs.
Lyles. Rev. Harris preached the fu-
neral and the services were rendered
by Mars Lodge and members from
the G. A. R. post Of which he was a
member; a firing squad from the
Sons of Veterans fired salutes at the
grave. The funeral was largely at
tended. He leaves daughter, Mrs.
VIM. r. Godette, three grandchildren
and two great-grandchildren.
He came to St. Paul in 1883.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-06-02
BUYS BATHR0BE FOR COAT
Oomanche indian Dolls Up in Gorgeous
RaIment to Participate
In Dance.

Oklahoma City.-John Running
Horse, full-blood Comanche Indian, his
squaw and papoose are happy, for John
has new overcoat. The trio arrived
in the, city to take part in the Indian
stomp dance at the; fair grounds and
went on tour Of the clothing stores to
get raiment betting the occasion. An
enterprising shopkeeper displayed a
dozen overcoats, but none OF them
caught Johns fancy. Spying a pile
Of bathrobes, he gruntingly hinted that
they were more to his liking. Five
minutes later he emerged from the
store. swathed in blaze Of glory and
grudgingly smiled at his squaw, who
trailed behind and viewed with evi-
dent approval the choice Of her lord
and master.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-06-02
Discrimination BROKE
COL. Y0UNG---D B0IS
Crisis Editor Makes Charge at
Funeral Services for Hero
in New York
(Crusader Service)

New York, May 31.-Charging that
Col. Charles Young "died of a broken
heart" because of the determinations
against him on account Of his racial
identity, DR.. w. E. B. Dubois, ed.
itor of The Crisis, won the silent
commentator of large crowd gath
cred Sunday afternoon in the great
hall Of City College to do honor to
the departed hero prior to the ship.
ping of his body to Philadelphia and
thence to Arlington cemetery.
DR.. Du Bois, who was the first
speaker on the list, said he had been
an intimate friend Of Col. Young and
shared his thoughts on the subject
of army discrimination and of his re.
peated shelving by the War Depart.
ment.
William Monroe Trotter, editor Of
the Boston Guardian, was present te
place wreath on the body as mark
Of recognition by the great city OF
Boston whose head, Major Curley
had appointed Mr.. Trotter to place
the wreath.
Civil Service Commissioner Mortor
added to the discussion by denounc
ing the Wilson administration for re
firing Col. Young. He advised the
race to flight for rights and privi
legcs."
Brig. Gen. Sladen put aside hi
prepared address and attempted .
futile defense of the war department
the army and West Point, declaring
to a crowd that knew better tina
race prejudice played no part in tn
several shelvings and final retire
ment of Col. Young.
The ceremonies were preceded by
parade through. the streets Of Har
lem.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-06-02
WITNESS TERMS
GARvEY SPORTING |
PlKER' AT TRIAL
Skipper Testifes that Garvey
Knew Ships Were Worth
less and Unseaworthy
GARVEY RELEASES ATTORNEY
One Hundred Witnesses Yet to
Be Called ip Trial of Black
Star Heads

New York, M2y 20 *. N. F.
Service).-The trial Of Marcus Gar
vey, charged with using the mails to
defraud, will soon crawl into it's
third week. The case is being heard
by Judge Mack and a jury in the
federal court. Garvey, who agreed
to disagree with his attorney, c. w.
McDougall, is defending himself
with the assistance Of two white
lawyers. 49, -
Ships Worthless.
The testimony of Capt. Adrian
Richardson, former skipper of the
Black Star Line ship Kanawha, occu-
pied nearly two days. Capt. Rich
ardson testified that the Kanawha
was worthless, unseaworthy," and
that Garvey knew the condition the
boat was in at the time he bought it.
He accused Garvey of using. the
ship for exploitation and propaganda
and that he did not attempt to make
it pay: 49,,
"what you know about me-"
Capt. Richardson's: You're sport
ing piker. You live a high life.
You've squandered other peoples
money on automobiles, your women
and at the races. Yes, you're a sill
ver-tongued orator-but thief and
anti-American. You wax fat on the
race you have skinned. - -. -
100 to Testify.
Just previous to the testimony of
Capt. Richardson, Leo H. Healy, as
sistant district attorney in Brook
lyn, testified that as counsellor for
the North American Steamship Com
pany, he sold the Yarmouth, the first
ship of the Black Star Line, to Gar
vey for $16S,500. He said that he
did not believe the ship was worth
the price paid for it but that Garvey
was anxious to get it.
There are over one hundred wit
nesses to be called on both sides and
Judge Mack intimated that Garvey
may have to be withdrawn from the
lime-light so that the case may be
speeded up bit.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-06-02
Woman, Awarded
$4,000 Damages
For Fall From Car
Jury Finally Grants Petition of
New York Woman Whom
Car Jerked Down

New York, May 80 *. N. F.
Service).-A verdict for $4,000 was
brought in last week by a jury in
the supreme court in favor Of Miss
Mathilda Medford, %, 262 West
144tht street, against the Southern
Boulevard Railway Co.
Miss Medford testified that she
uas in the act of stepping off the
c.r when the conductor gave a sig
nal to start, and she was left cling
ing to the running board. This was
July /, of last year. Since that time
the case has gone to three juries.
DR.. C. B. Powell, noted colored
X-ray expert gave testimony in the
case against that of six specialists
who testified for the company.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-06-02
WINS CIVIL RIGHTS
FIGHT IN NEW JERSEY

New York, May 31.-Harry J.
Simms of Vineland, N. j., won civil
rights fight against restaurant OF
his town, where service had been re-
fused him because of his being col
ored.
Mr.. Simms was informed that he
would be charged one dollar extra
for service because he was colored
Mr.. Simms put the facts before his
attorney with the result that the
proprietor of the. restaurant, Mr.
Harry Steen, paid $50 in cash, made
public apology through an adver'
tisement and made a written guar
antee that all citizens would in fu
ture receive equal treatment in hi:
restaurant.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-06-02
Urban League Pledges
Payable On June IS

DR.. Earl Weber urges all those who
pledged money toward establishing
the Urban league in St. Paul pay up
before June Is. T. Arnold Hill will
be- here at that time to perfect the or
ganization of the branch. Those who
have paid so far are Rev. Lealtad,
$500; James Murphy, $500, and
Charles Weschcke, $25.00. Each week
the names of those who have paid will
be published.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-06-02
KHAN DEFIES STATE
LAW OF NEW YORK
(Crusader ,Service.)

Albany, May 31.-Gov. Smith ta-
city accepted yesterday the chal-
lenge to. state authority flung down
by the King Kleagle of the Kluxer
band in New York. who early yes
terday morning told 1000 gowned
and hooded Kluxers and 789 initiates
in a field near Eastport, L. l., that
the Ku Klux Klan will not unmask.
The Walker law was signed last
Wednesday. It gives the Kiuxers 10 10
days, ending Saturday, to reveal it's
membership.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-06-02
JUDGE JAYNE ACCEPTS
N. A. A. C.. p. POSITION

New York, June 1.-Judge Ira w.
Jayne Of the Michigan circuit court,
third circuit, has accepted member
ship upon the Board of Directors of
the National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People, it was
announced today at the associations
headquarters, 70 Fifth avenue, New
York city.
In. his letter. of acceptance, Judge
Jayne characterized the associations
work as the sanest effort for Negro
rights in the country today.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-06-02
Robbers Specialize
on Chain Groceries

Two men arrested in st. Louis,
No., in an attempt to rob a chain
grocery store, admitted, accord
ing to the police, that they had
robbed one of the stores daily Tor
2e days and that they made their
living by robbing the stores.
The company operating the
stores says it lost $21, 300 in rob-
berries in st. Louis In the last
three years.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-06-02
GIRL WINS HONORS
IN PENNSYLVANIA

New York, May % TX. N. F.
Service).-Vivian Trip, formerly OF
this city, the 13-year-old daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Renol P. Trip, has
been awarded a medal for an essay
on Daniel Webster by the Veterans
of Foreign Wars She is also the au-
thor of a play to be presented by her
school in Darby, Pa.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-06-02
John LAURENCE Wins Tuition Prize
Offered In Alpha Essay Contest
DR.. William, III. Brooks,
Famous Retired Pastor,
Dies III Baltimore Home

New York, May % *. N. F.
Service).- Rev. DR.. William H.
Brooks, retired, for twcnty-six
years pastor of st. Marks M.
E. church here, and the former
chaplain Of the Fifteenth New
York National Guard Regi-
ment, died al his home in Bal
timore, last Wednesday. DR..
Brooks resigned from his
charge here in April and went
70 live on his farm, in the
hope that he would recover.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-06-02
APPEARS IN PIANO RECITAL
AT LEAMINGTON HOTEL

Helen N. Jackson, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Madison Jackson, 2003
Franklin avenue S. E., appeared in a
piano recital of pupils Of Ray Lar
sen which was held in the lobby of
the bennington hotel, Thursday, May
81. Her program consisted of "May
Nigh t." Palmgren; Norwegian
Dance" Grieg; "Juba," Dett; "Palad-
in" Laurens.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-06-02
APPOINTMENT OFCoHEN
SOP TO VOTERS, BELIEF
Washington Trying to Soothe
Masses of COlOred Voters
in Party
(Crusader Service.)

Washington, June 1-Still believ-
ing that he can bamboozle the colored
public by rewarding political hench-
men while opposing moves for the
general welfare of the masses, Pres
ident Harding today gave a recess
appointment, making Comptroller of
the Port of New Orleans Walter Co.
hen, probably the most powerful col
ored politician in the South, whose
nomination was rejected by the Sen
ate just before it adjourned.
The Cohen appointment is consid-
cred sop to the rising resentment
and the threatened bolt from the Re-
publican party of the more intelli-
gent colored voters who are approx
inating the knowledge that treach.
erous friend is probably worse than
an open enemy. That personal ap-
pointments of the Cohens and the
Andersons will not materially ad-
vance the cause of the race and SO
will have no effect on the minds OF
intelligent colored voters is a fact
that the President and his "Old
Guard advisers have taken no con.
sideration of.
Cohen will draw no salary unless
the coming Senate confirms the ap.
pointment, but the salary is of less
Importance to him than his prestige
and as he will control the Republican
delegation from Louisiana it was i'm.
portant that he should be pacified
"Just pacify the politicians; and te
hell with the masses" seem to be the
slogan at Washington.
Says Move Is Boomerang.
CRUSADER Service.)
Washington, June 1.-While the
naming Of Walter L. Cohen to be
collector of the port of New Orleans
by President Harding is hardly like
ly to have its desired effect among
the colored voters, who are more thar
ever seeking the rights and priv
leges of American citizenship for thu
masses rather than plums for a few
colored politicians, there is another
effect that. it may have, according tx
Senator Harrison of Mississippi, wht
predicts that it will act as politica
boomerang and will lose the Presi
dent what votes he might have ex
pected from the South as a rewart
for his Birmingham speech and tn
general attitude of his admihistra
tion toward the race problem.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-07-06

l"permanent prosperity" program, sub
shutting dairy cattle, hogs, and poul-
| try, with pasture and feed crops for
their maintenance, was adopted and
approved methods Of management in
troduced by the county agricultural
agent Within two years, profitable
dairy, poultry, and meat industry has
been developed. t.......s ,... FL.
The total amount realized by Tur-
ner County farmers in 1922, through
the sale of their diversified farming
products, reached $1,OOO,0OO, an aver
age Of about 5000 per farm. In ad-
dition, they have enjoyed comfort
able living produced on their own
farms, their soil is increasing in fer
tility, and their livestock holdings
are growing. The creamery which
opened in October, 1921, with 100 pa
irons, now has over 800. Checks for.
cream have more than doubled in
amount In the last seven months.
There are now 40 pure bred bulls In
the county. Cooperative shipments
of hogs from the county will reach
probably Is cars per month this year.
More than $1,000 pure-bred chicks
have been Matched in the county since
1872. 2a19 smG2 SCI -
This striking success in q county
having no marked physical or eeono-'
mic advantages to start with has been
accomplished, according to reports to
the United States Department Of Asri-
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-07-06
HURRICANE SEASON is on
OFFICIAL NOTICES RELIABLE


The hurricane season Of 1923 be-
gan on June 1, and all stations Of the
Weather Bureau of the United States
Department OF Agriculture on the
South Atlantic and Gulf coasts have
been asked to be on the alert in order
that the best possible service may be
rendered. During the first two weeks
of June no disturbances whatever
have occurred.
The official forecaster Of the Wea-
Their Bureau issues advices from the
central office at Washington, D. c., at
frequent intervals during the hurri-
cane season, indicating the location.
intensity, and direction of movement
of hurricanes. These bulletins arc
as definite and complete as the inT
formation at hand warrants and are
supplemented by necessary local
warnings at points likely to lie in the
path of an approaching storm. IN
case of conflicting reports and rum
ors. especially those causing uneasi's
ness and alarm, the weather bureau
suggests that credence be given only
To official advices, which are based
on authoritative Information by wire
less. radio, and telegram from ships at
sea and Weather Bureau stations a.
long the coast.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-07-06
GIRLS WORK IMPROVES COM
MUNITIES

Participation in number of enter
prises for the Improvement of their
communities was included among the
club activities of the 600 negro farm
girls of Virginia enrolled in 1922 n
the home makers clubs organized by
agricultural extension workers. In
one county, according to reports to
the United States Department OF Agri-
culture, they assisted with hot school
lunches; in another, they purchased
and made curtains for their school;
in third, money was raised to build
sanitary toilet for school; and in
two counties they raised funds to
send delegates to the farmers con-
ference at Hampton Institute. Home
makers clubs contributed to fund
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-07-06

Federal permits for 1923 have been
issued to 77O persons who are cooper
ating in bird banding work with the
Biological Survey, United States De-
partment OF Agriculture. In 1920.
when this work became regular act
tivity of the Biological Survey, SO
persons voluteered to assist and were
supplied with the necessary permits.
In 1921 the number increased to 1888,
and in 1922 to 552. Bird banding CO.
operators serve without pay their
motive being a desire to assist in in
ereasing our knowledge Of birds.