The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-03-23

Rnent l' testimonia OF our esteem forahis
noble n life and of Of ssouis graf full ind dorse,
ilnient me of the net of the commits ioners
5lllliSSlnlaGing u the building after him. =
Tie Evening Stariin its report of
the The meeting says
Attorney w &, sP ollard paid a
tribute 4, to the memory of Prof. Car
idozoS Mrs. q. Cooper, principal Of
the II M5Street school, was present.
Subscriptions we're opened at the
close Of the programme for the Car
sdgzo bust fund.- ~.
Who was this Cardozo7 The very
same that was the negro state treas
Iurertin the Chamberlain government,
was charged by the radical legislature
itself itself ofs fraud and was afterwards
convicted. E.t &. 4,
& When the United States; troops
were withdrawn from Columbia iii
1877 and the radical government, the
props thus removed, completely col
lapsed, the variegated collection of
negroes, scalawags, carpet-baggers,
grafters commonly known as thieves
and now and then an honest fanatic
walked up from his hypnotic spell, all
took up what little they had saved
from the years of good stealing and
scattered to the four winds of heaven.
The Honorable Francis L. Cardozo
came to Washington, where he receiv-
ed an appointment as a clerk in the
auditing department of the treasury.
Besides having been state treasurer
under Chamberlain, he had been sec
rotary Of state under Scott. .....#
Cardozo was an educated negro.
About the time Of the war, perhaps
during it, he worked at ship carpen-
tering, in which trade he saved up
some money. When he was 81 years
old he went to Scotland and entered
the University of Edinburgh. Here he
graduated with such distinction that
lie won scholarship which allowed
him two years university work in any
institution he might select in Europe.
He chose some theological school in
London, where he went and became
"Reverend. He then entered the
ministry Of the Congregational church
receiving call to church in New
Haven, Connecticut. Soon afterwards,
however, he was sent by the Ameri-
can mission board to Charleston as
principal of the Avery institute. And
from there, as his. sons, who are here
in Washington, tel! me, che went
into politics. And we know the rest
Reynolds History of Reconstruc.
ton tells us few interesting items.
In 1877 Cardozo took his fight with
the rest, as said above, and secured
job in the treasury department in
Washington, his salary being $1,000
year. He remained in this position
until 1884, when through his old
friend, "Dr. Pulvis,'' he was elected
to the position of principal Of the
school for negroes, now known as the
NJ Street high school. H. w. Purvis
is another character in Reynolds his
tory whose whereabouts the. author
of that interesting Rogue's catalogue
says he is unfamiliar. IF he is "Dr.
PWvis" he is right here in Washing
ton, Mr.. Reynolds, and he holds down
the job Of some kind Of physician or
surgeon or instructor in therapeutics
or some such thing in one Of these
hospitals or something Of the sort.
Anyway, Uncle Sam has been look
ing after him for some good little
while, understand. ..-. -,
But Cardozo, he remained principal
Of the high school until he died, about
two years ago. He has SON, Francis
l.. Cardozo, who is supervisory prin-
cipal Of the Lincoln school for negro
children in southeast Washington.
Another son is q druggist here.
I have made careful inquiries about
tho ex-state treasurer, likewise cx-
convict, for whom the district commits
sioners have decided to name a school
building. They say he bore a good
character here, and while looked upon
with some suspicion. perhaps, because
they say he was "a politician" there
is <nnth;po thot r oan loorn nf which