The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1876-11-11

| waded into the midst of them and
took my stand by small table and con-
cluoed Id make them speech. feeling
satisfied that had an audience once in
life that would appreciate nv remarks.
| dllated upon the Importance of ed.
ucation, and soon aroused a very strong
interest, and as the speech progressed.
the interest grew stronger until could
have condensed cubic foot of the at
mosphere in that house into a iimberger
cheese, Said /, You must educate your
children, ii you ever expect them to at
tain true respeciability Dat SO, boss,'
exclaimed Pompey Washington, "Lor.
bless that white mani" eiacnlated Mrs.
Benjamin Franklin. Ny speech was
necessarily eurtailed for want of suf-
tieient ventilation in the room, aud
! wound out with the most nnpoetic pc
roration that ever fell from the lips OF a
philanthropist. and began 20 take q list
of the names of their children There
were twenty-three within scholastic age,
among whom were four George ".
Washingtons and one Stonew.ll Jack
son. Then came the election Of trus-
tees. told them that they could have
the school all to themselves, and that
H'iCtS pAS "a ltittI
best men Tor trustees. that they should
first place such as obey wanted in nom
ination and then elect them out of the
number Then began the work in
earnest. To be a trustee was an honor
not TO be grinned at. u nomi-
mates brother Jonesl said William
Butler "a seconds dat replied
Jack Jenkins" | does tool
said another so does |, shouted
third. and so it went, until every buck
in the room had seconded the n9mins-
ton. William Batter then nominated
another and another, with like result
| then intimated to William that il
struck me as rather supplementary
to nominate more than three, and Ut
this point Pompey Washington got the
floor and nominated four NOR, includ-
ing "Bruddar Butler" Then Parson
Halifax opened his hoodgatc andpoured
out a sluice of candidates, and finally
wound up by announcing himself as a
fit and proper person for the RESPONSE
BILE office Of trustee. All of the nomina-
tons were promptly seconded by every
member of the meeting. inclu ling the
party nominated, who invariably sec
ouded his own nomination with u gusic.
declared the nominations closed, and
called for a vote, which resulted in the
election of Parson Halifax and "Brud
ders Butler and Washington | in
structed them for few moments ~ to
their duties, and tod them t. employ
the best teacher they could get declared
the meeting closed, and adjourned my
self siss die.
L. E,.,,sfn,r a IL
community met, Tor the purpose of aid
ing the trustees in selecting teacher
There were three applicants for peda-
gogical bonorsall holding certificates OF
of unblemi.hed morals, and literary pro-
fciency, Notwithstanding the TACT that
one of them had on his examination, in
answer to the question, as 10 how many
I parts of the speech there were in gram
mar, said "Dah's three sah--dah's de
verb, de adverb and de proverb"
Well, the trustees met. One of them,
( Parson Halifax, president of the board,
being strongly imbued with the doc
trines Of the Methodist church, an
nounced his conviction that negro OF
that persuasion, only was hi to teach II
schooi---and hence, declared his cleo
ton. "Brudder Jakes." Brudder VIII
liam Butler thought differently. and
for his part preferred Mr. johnson who
belonged to no church For his part
he did not believe in "havin folks chill
dren fotch up in De church lie was
"A Baptist, and if there was tn he religion
taught in schools, that it would be con
trary to the teachings of the Apostles,
for anybody but Baptist to teach
them.
Brother Washington preferred Solo
mon Shanks, the grammar an. as he
Yas a sober. sturdy man, OF good raisin
fine family and editication ekal to a
white man" And thus stood the board
for the live long AUTOMATICALLY com
mitted each to his man. The patrons
were about equally divided in their pre-
ferences, and were as firm and unehang
able, as their trustees. The day
was spent in rehearsing tbs
merits and dement's of the appiican IS
and each heard himself charged pub
liely with every crime in the decaiogne
The contention waxed warm and as the
brethren and sisters bickered, sweated
animated and recriminated, fumt
: arose from that contracted shanty tina
; for pure heft was an assault and batter,
4 the face of all out Of doors.
. At length they hogan 70 split off Z
, hunt me. One by one they came, eaci
with his tale. and eash desiring the per
emptory decapitation Of the other tw,
and the appointment of some 4gemmaI
| Of sense and secretion" to co-operat
with him Parson Halifax stated tina
dem two niggers wont gree TO nnthin'.
Mr.. Washington stated As fur me
! Fse workin' fur de good Oh de oullui
folks, but dem other two trustees
/, de mos obstinate fool ringers in d
;, whole town" Mr.. William Butte
thought that if the other tWo were no
in the way he could soon settle tn
- matter that he was the only man tina
G the people wanted for trustee any way
e asked each if he did not think it POI
n sible for them to agree on a teacher
), Parson Halifax thought twas, provide
Brudder Butler and Brudder Washin,
V ton weuld take BruddeP Jakes VIII
II was the most complexities pusson I
) all OBJ dem" Mr.. Butler said that
;. was a reasonable ''passsn" hinse
and would agree right ava,
but the other trustees wouldn
gree with him. but stuck TO their PEI
aud norated it around that M
= johnson was hahitual Bee cherist, W lIe
they were guilty of the same Grin
> themselves; and here M. Butler q
Il tered into detail of the moral obliqu
lies of Parson Halifax. Mr. Washin
ton was willing to employ any .
pusson to teach the school. and didn
care who they got, 80 they employed
= good and respectable citizen; but
!, | showed very conclusiyely that Solome
: Shanks, his man. was the only respect
i, Bile citizen among the applicants; hem
!, he was willing TO engage him. l pl
y Them off; told them to take IL into co
sheraton till morning Next day th'
e we're after me before breakfast. al
NJ ,tfer breakfast They tackled me (
!. the streets. crowded my Office. follow,
I me afar of headed me on the corner
? and in fact bored me until beean
70 desperate. and ] called them up in
De row. ! addressed them in most psthe,
strains. Said /, Friends and brethre
Hear me for my cause, and be sile
a. ,llat you may heart The colored troo
!, 1t noblyl When the great heart Of i
,ieified Abraham conceived the hap
= thought Of striking the nianaciss frt
ns he hands Of eight millions of your "a.
Il. the grand anthem arose from hundr
- thousand cofnfelds Of the South 10
y nf,ooh 70 shake the starr Then cAi