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Busi ness letters of all kinds must be written on separate sheets from letters containing news or matter for publication Entered as second class matter June 0, 188^ at the post' office at 3t Paul Minn under act of Con gress, March J, 1879. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1910. TOO BUSY TO SEE THEIR OWN FAULTS. For a long time our white brethren have been so busily engaged in study ing the perversity and depravity of the Afro-American that they failed to keep watch upon the doings of their own race. But they have at last been compelled to give those doings a good deal of attention. The process re sulted in many such unpleasant dis coveries as the following: Commissioner Driscoll, of the Bureau of Weights and Measures, visited the "farmers' market place" in Brooklyn Friday and carted back 600 confiscated baskets and barrels. The 500 bushel baskets taken from farm ers' wagons weighed but 40 pounds each instead of 60, the barrels held 120 pounds instead of 174 pounds, as,required by law. &itli*inL I MH? -.u/iehiiJkfifi THE COLOR LINE IN THE BISHOPRIC. A few Afro-Americans are at the general convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church now in session at Cincinnati making a fight for the drawing of the color-line, and the election of an Afro-American bishop, whose activities shall be confined to his own race, and contend that a new diocese should be set apart to include the Afro-American churches of the country There are about 130 Afro-American Episcopal Churches in the country and of these only 22 were represented at the recent meeting of the Colored Clergy in Cleveland, Ohio, which authorized the appeal for segregation. The majority of those present are stipendiaries of white churches and not self-supporting parishes and do not represent the great body of the* Afro-American churchmen. The leader of the Afro-American in surgents is located in a diocese in which no color-line is drawn. He has a seat and vote in the dio ceason convention. The men in the movement do no even rep resent the unanimous sentiments of their own congregations There is certainly no desire upon the part of the Afro-American clergy to depart from the ancient canons of the Church, and among the laity the mat ter has received but scant considera tion. THE APPEAL has canvassed the matter and finds that there is no strong sentiment among the great body of the Afro-American clergy or laity for race-line bishops, in deed, the majority of the race within and without the Church, are bitterly opposed to the color line in the Church, and feel that the growth of prejudice against the race in the United States is primarily due to the attitude of the Caucasian Church and its failure to stand for the much vaunted precept of the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man. The Afro-Americans nearly all feel, al though many do not express them selves, that the attitude of the ma jority of the so-called Christians to their brethren of darker hue is not that laid down by the meek and lowly Nazarene The one church which more nearly holds to the true Christian ideals so far as the treatment of the Afro American race is concerned, is the Protestant Episcopal Church. Every where the world, exceiit in some of the Southern United States, the Afro American communicant is in the Church the equal of his white brother Some disinctions are made between the races in the South, but these dis criminations are due to the unholy prejudices of the white people living in that section, and do not reflect the sentiments of the great body of the Church throughout the world The Afro-American people prefer their present status quo in the Episco pal Church. Anything which will tend to separate the races in the Church is to be deplored as un-American and un-Christian. The stablishment of a color-line in the Episcopal Church will not draw Afro Americans to the Church it will tend to drive them away. Many are communicants for the very reason that the color-line is not generally drawn. The election of an Afro-Amer ican bishop would not be a novelty as there are already in existence colored churches in which colored bishops are in complete control. THE APPEAL' trusts that the many God-fearing men now in Cincinnati as delegates to the general conventidn THE MAN WHO DARES I honor the man who in the con scientious discharge of his duty dares to stand alone the world, with ignor ant, intolerant judgment, may con demn, the countenances of relatives may be averted, and the hearts of friends grow cold, but the sense of duty done shall be sweeter than the applause of the world, the counten ances of relatives or the hearts of friends.Charles Summer. THE SIN OF SILENCE **Af*\ *J Jfcj&fe&JfaK To sin by silence when we should protest makes cowards out of men. The human rac^ has climbed on pro test. Had no voice been raised against injustice, ignorance and lust, the in- quisition 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. Z\*T of the Protestant Episcopal Church will refuse to draw the color line, and by a decisive vote rebuke the few Afro-Americans who are seeking to injure their race in order that some one of their number may be elected Bishop. No man who would advocate such a thing is fit for the bishopric The Afro-American communicants in the Protestant Episcopal Church are among the most intelligent and cultured of the race men and women who abhor the color line, men and women who feel that they are the equal of any other people and they do not wish to be "jim-crowed" be cause of the ambition of some of the race. To draw the color line in the Prot estant Episcopal Church would be un wise, unholy, un-American, un-Chris tian and in direct contravention to the teachings of the Master. "JIM CROW" LAW HITS ROAD. Frankfort, Ky Oct 6Damages of $10 to women and $3 to men were awarded against the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad here in thirty-one cases where the plaintiffs, white per sons, had been forced to ride in the jim crow car ten miles. The verdict was a compromise If Kentucky could be as successful in dealing with the night-riders as in enforcing the jim crow law, it would greatly enhance her credit in the civ ilized portion of the world But she is not, owing to certain coincidences that occurr with surprising regulari ty. A night-rider case has been pend ing at Hopkinsville for nearly a year. By one of those coincidences, the principal witness was secretly shot in the back and nearly killed Since, he has been under constant military guard. The community that is com pelled to guard the lives of witnesses while in attendance at court is not holding out strong inducements to im migrants. THINGS SAID DURING THE WAR. It is very interesting to read some of the things said during the war of the rebellion, but which have now al most faded from the memories of men. The New York Sun reproduces the following- Here is what one of the orators said, and he was a minister of the gospel at that, and hailed from the loyal state of Iowa: The American people are ruled by felons With all his vast armies, Lincoln has failed! failed! failed! failed! And still the moster usurp er wants more victims for his slaugh ter pens. I blush that such a felon should occupy the highest gift of the people. Perjury and larceny are writ ten al over him. Ever since the usurper, traitor, and tyrant has oc supied the presidential chair the Re publican party has chouted war to the knife and ihe knife to the hilt. Blood has flowed in torrents, and yet the thirst of the old monster is not quenched. His cry is ever for more blood OPPOSED TO UNIVERSAL EXPERI- ENCE. It has remained for Chicago's wo man superintendent of schools to say the sensible thing to the pupils about handwriting. "Write any way you please," says Mrs. Young, "but write legibly and fast." The foregoing is from the Chicago Tribune, which warmly commends the sentiment of Mrs. Young. But THE APPEAL is not so sure that at Mrs. Young has said the sensible thing, jusji because it is opposed to universal experience7 A music teach er who should instruct his pupils: Finger any way you please, would soon be voted a first-class idiot. And again, THE APPEAL is not sure that the two things "any way you please" and "legibly" are compatible. So we shall take the matter under ad visement. AMERICAN CHRISTIANITY. Dr. Wilbur1 Chapman predicts that the whole world is ripe for a revival and that if a hundred influential busi ness men will take the proper active interest in the evangelization move ment "the whole world, including China, Japan and Australia, will be rocking with the power of God within five years." Then that unchristian race preju diced journal, the Washington Times, says: Hias message promising the oajo. promisin Tjnej^ ultimate conversion of the Mohamme-] PROHIBITION DOES NOT PROHIBIT The mi'in argument now used against state-wide prohibition laws is that thev do not prohibit. It is an argument not invented by the liquor interprts and ueed bv them exclusive ly, buL is the conclusion arrived at by many disinterested observers. The Indianapolis News gives the following summary of results: "Just now Greene county is much disturbed over these conditions. The clubs are comparatively numerous and positively successful. It is said that practically any discreet person can get a chink in thempresumably on a visitor's ticket or some such liberal arrangemert. The Jasonville neigh borhood is said to consume a carload of beer a day, and Linton takes from forty to sixty cases. Naturally, there is more or less drunkenness, which is far from satisfactory to the good citi zens of a county that voted "dry" by a majority of nearly 3,000, as Greene did." Similar accounts come from so many other quarters that it would re quire a V3.st amount of reliable testi mony to controvert them. In conse quence it is very easy to see that the prohibition wave is receding very rap idly: it has been demonstrated that state-wide .prohibition is a failure THE APJPEAL never endorsed the movement, as it was easy to see that prejudice against the Afro-American fully accounted for its popularity in the South! THE PERVERSE CAUCASIAN ED- ITORS. It is a emarkable fact that the Cau casion etitors persist in speaking of the Afr -Americans of the United States a if they were as wild, ig norant a|d uncultivated as the tribes of the jungles of Africa. For in stances 1ae Washington Herald says: 'The Hegro does not know by in heritance or early training how to DR. DANIEL H. WILLIAMS Famous Afro-American Surgeon the First Person to Perform an Opera tion on the Living Human Heart. RACE PREJUDICE. I am convinced myself that there is no more evil thing in this present world than Race Prejudice none at all. I write deliberatelyit is the worst single thing in life now. It jus tifies and holds together more baseness, cruelty and abomina tion than any other sort of er ror in the world. Through its body runs the black blood of coarse lust, suspicion, jealousy and persecution and all the darkest poisons of the human soul. G. Wells In the N. Y. Independent. care for himself, either as to temper ature or sanitation. He still needs supervision and instruction, even com pulsory, in such affairs of self-preser vation." The foregoing i true in referencfe to a largee of the race, just as a i ve rs large number ofraction tni races bot rtnn heathen, the Bhuddist heathen, concerned, thpre is dan and the Confucian heathen to the Christian faith ought to move the Christian church to great rejoicing. THE APPEAL fails to see any rea son for such a conclusion and many reasons for discerning its utter ab surdity. Trie trend among nearly all nations is in the direction of war. All of the religion which is alleged to ex ist in the United States does not pre vent the newspapers from being filled with their scandalous tales of graft, white slave trade, divorce, stealing, lynching and plain murder. The colored races of the East would do well to consider carefully before accepting the American brand of Christianity. As Mohammedans, Buddhists or Confucianists they can hold up their heads and retain their self-respect. Converted to Christiani ty, they would become 'niggers" in the sight of white American Chris tians and would be"jimcrowed" just as the Afro-Americans have been. So far as the North is ry RIGHT TO DEFEND HIS HOME. We welcome with pleasure every indication of a disposition on the part of the Southern brother to treat the Atro-American with fairness and justice and such an instance recently occurred in the state of Arkansas A difficulty took place between a white man and and an Afro-American. La ter the white man went to the Afro American's house and shot at him. The Afro-Amencan returned the fire and wounded the white man. The jury awarded the Afro-American two years in the penitentiary. Judge A. Grace set aside the verdict and ruled that the Afro-American had the same r'ghf to defend his heme as the write man had so he discharged the pusoner. At first glance the forego mg may seem a rather unimportant matter, but we pronounce it one of supreme importance and know that it required no little courage upon the part ot ihe judgp to take such action MEXICAN PREJUDICE AGAINST AMERICANS. A correspondent of a leading journal, writing from Mexico, says: "That in spite of the large outlay of American capital here, chiefly in purely speculative ventures, prejudice against Americans still exists is due to the rudeness, the general inca pacity to adapt themselves to the en vironment of too many of the Amer icans who come to Mexico to do busi ness The above is due to the fact that the American, wherever he may roam, is utterly unable to divest himself of the intense color prejudice he im bibes and cultivates at home, deems it his patriotic duty to dis play it at all times and under all cir cumstances. The Mexicans are fully aware of the treatment accorded the Chinese, Japanese and Hindoos in this country and knows that the same prejudice exists against themselves. It is not the rudeness nor the in capacity but the color prejudice which does the mischief. Charles D. Norton, Secretary to the Presdient, is a great success in his new place. He has tact and skill and succeeds in pleasing all who have business with the Chief Executive. "S&eiK&b'tii An unseotarUn CoUcm, Norc fastria) Tmi Physical tiring rtudc. Information. m+i^ /mr**.. concerned there is ver little differ ence in the intelligence or mode of living cf members of the two races, if we compare individuals of about equal means of living. It would be hard to find, in any part of the United States, any Afro-Americans who need super vision and instruction as to sanitary matters so badly as the miners in the coal regions of Pennsylvania. Ac cording to the testimony of credible witnesses, the miners live in a condi tion of utter disregard of the rules of decency or hygiene. The case of the Afro-American is not a peculiar one as a general thing he compares, class by class, very well with his white neighbors. 186 sag the place aa exseL.eai vtlzva TILLOTSON COLLEGE AUSTIN. TEXAS. The Oldest and Best School in Texas for Colored Students Faculty rno^m graduates of 'veil known colleges in the north Reputation unsurpassed. Manua training a part of the regular course Music a special featuie of the school. Special advantages lor earnest students Defective Page AVERY COLLEGE. TRADES SCHOOL ALLEGHENY. PA. A Practical, Literary and Industrial Trades School for A fro-American 3oy and Girls Unusual advantages for drls and a separate building. Addiess Joseph D. Mahoney, Principal. Allegheny, Pa. Newfhglaiid CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC BOSTON, Mass. All the advantages of (be finest and most completely equipped Conservatory building in the world, the at mosphere of a recognized center of Art and "Music and association with tbe masters in the Profession are offered students at the New England Conservatory of Music Thorough work in all departments of music. Courses can be arranged in Elocution and Oratory GEORGE W. CHADWICK. Musical Director. AUparliculai i and year book mill be tent on application. COXiLEBEB EJSH BCHDDL9 BulMin*. Boy* HalL Stone MMU. atrl* Mali. Model ATLANTA UNIVERSITY. Atlanta. Ot. Sessio Annua *n. Dea month?6 Forty firs I? Sesi ooffers TUSKEGEE Koial and Industrial Ms? Chriatlw iMtltutloil. yotd MMotattr to aAMnaa* Ommm vioa culture for cirla. Hem* life ixM taSinlX AM SSSU r^Slx! JS tudents. Term iMgina th Inrt: Wdn22i?^ "HOWARD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE REV. W. P. TH IRK I ELD, L.L. D., 7 Robert Reyburn,l Wl. D.f FOUR YEARS' GRADED COURSE IN MEDICINE THREE YEARS' GRADED COURSE IN DENTAL SURGERY THREE YEARS' GRADED COURSE IN PHARMACY AN OPTIONAL FI VE YEAR COURSE IN MEDICINE IS OFFERED Full corps of instructors Well equipped laboratories. The New Freedmen'sf Hospital, which the Medical College metm i at a cost of $500,000s, unexcelled clinical facilities college, just completed iono A th rh Post-Graduateadjoins- 1909, and continue weeks for Medical Course and four weeks for Denttl Course For furtner information or catalogue, write -^MM** v-our&c W. C. McNEILL, D., Secretary B3P Florida Avenue, TUSKEGEE ALABAMA. (INCORPORATED) Srganiaed Jnly a, 18,81, by the State I^sis. Sfttnre as The Tuskegee State Normal Sc&ool. Exempt from taxation. ocnooj. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON. Principal. WARREN I#OGAN,Treasurer LOCATION In tne Black Belt of Alabama where ths Jacks outnumber the whites three to one. ENROLLMENT AND FACULTY Enrollment last year 1,253 males, 882s .emales, 371. Average attendance, J.105.-- instructors, 88. COURSE OP STUDY English education combined with industria'. Ceajning 28 industries in constant operation. VALUE OF PROPERTY Property consisting of 2.267 acres of land, 0 buildings almost wholly built with student aoor, is valued at $350,000, and no mortgage. NEEDS $50 annually for the education of each stu. fient ($200 enables one to finish the course fS,000 creates permanent scholarship. Students iy their own board in cash and labor.) L-oney in any amount for current expenses lad building. Besides the/work done by graduates as class ffoom and industrial leaders, thousands S'-ached through the Tuskegee Negro Confei. ace Tuskegee is 40miles east of Montgomery an* $55 miles west of Atlanta, on the Western IrUd *ss cr^ Alabama. **gskegee is a qniet, beautiful otd So- *V-' ^Pjand is an ideal place for stu'l'j. 'P xsis at all times mild SMf\ vir+ff.. girts\f fn^ ins^ srnrtPt=n^l' 7153 1 t&Vef&r^ Have You Heard of ET* a**K ven Virginia Normal Goiisflati Institute. PETERSBUBCr, TA. DepartmentsNormal and HflW ffiate Special attention to Toeal and Instrumental Muiic, Theorem Agriculture, Sewing and Cooking. Healtiiy Location heatedT by steam, lighted by electricity room, board, tuition, light and heat, MC For catalog and particulars writ* to President Virginia Normal, Coll*, fiat* Institute, Petersburg, Va. 1908 begin October i. 1908, an W contmue eight C. McNeill, M. D. Secretary Schoo and Polyclini will bee ft. W L, _. Washington, GAMMON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY ATtANTA. GEORGIA AIMS AND METHODS. The aim of this school ismethods to do prac tlcal work in helping men towards sue cesp in the ministry,g its course of studv Is broad ands practical its ideas are high- t&*hrb & ul ar it lh thor fresh, systematic, clear and simple COURSE hi re ar coursOF ofSTUDY, study occuDleo _, EXPENSES AND AID withou interest, and deprivedth-d^serv a I pant eutmost'm to thei srace S 8 0 of the afl^ntfoi nersy nee minaiy Particular^ i +v.f advantages nof opened tr feirn add?ils urth Fo REV. J. W. E. BOWEN, D. Pres. Gammon Theological Seminary BRAINERO INSTITUTE CHESTER, C. o^ri" and industriaSl. school with & graded course of study, to eivm a thorough, symmetrical and complete l?tfl adesigned educat1011 a solid foun an ish dation for success and usefulness everv vocation of life. Board andI boatdmg^aff MorristownNormaiCollege FOUNDMD IN 1U1. Fourteen teachers, elegant and com modious buildings. Climate unsur passed Departments- College Pre paratory Normalt. Engli sd Mu*i7.i^rtsi Tramm| ^iin an^Ind FIFTY DOLLARS IN ADVANCEi. will pay for board, roomo, light, fuel year 0 the'ente circuiar nn ntal ?nn Eoa fo /i $6 00 per month, tuition l^!, Thorougd work don" ten Senh Rev. Judson S. Hill. D. D., Momstown, Tenn SCOTIA SEMINARY CONCORDs,c N. C. foPV iL ell hool, establshed know for the higher education of girls will open for thewilnexte terme fZ%l effor ,SL the com October mad to provid1e fort health and thorough instruction of students Expense for board, light fuel, washing, |"5? foT term of eight months Address Rev. D. J. Sntterfleld, D. D., Concord, N SAMUEL HUSTON COLLEGE. A CHRISTIA1NA SCHOOLt.s Able ande Experienced Faculty. *r^^ partmen, best a1 res VT 'Methods of Instruction, Health of Stud ents carefully looked after Students taught to do manual labor as well as think. or catalogue and other in formation, write to the president R. S. LOVINGGOOD, Austin, Texas. Mrs. Cora E. Best? who is doing such wonderful work in restoring HEALTH to suffering women. It you have you know of the love and esteem in which she is held by the women. If you don't know of Mrs. Best, you had better enquire of your neigh- bors or friends about her and the Best Com- bined Treatment. Thousands of womon each year are getting acquainted with her, whv not you? THE BEST COMBINED TREATMENT, as originated and manufactured by Mrs. Cora E. Best is saving thousands of forlorn and helpless women from constant suffering, in- sane asylums or untimely graves. If any dis- ease peculiar to your sex has fastened itself ^e upon you, write at once to your friend, Mrs. Best and she will gladly give you advice. Do not delay, until it is too late, but ad- dress, MRS. CORA E. BEST, Minneapolis, Minn, it* 1 ?y* "\i If f^\ I ,M ?r- I I a* !i i