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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-20
SCHOOLS AND ROADS
AFFECTED BY DECISION
Affirmation Of Ward Law Brings Joy
to Educational and Roadouiidins
Leaders

RICHMOND. VA. March l".-Morc
than enc hundred thousand dollars
is saved 70 the cause q education III
this State by virtue OF the decision
Of the Supreme Court of Appeals In
the Fredericksburg loca! option case.
Bv the same token bond issues tor
the improvements OF n" roads OF the
State are validated u tn" extent II
5000 900
The validity OF tn" action OF tn"
voters OF the various counties in the
State which have voted on the TWO
projects mentioned above is upheld
and the people will 60; tn" benefit OF
the funds to be expended for roads
and for schools
In one district OF Mecklenburg
county, where an election was h"la
last August. It was lnvalidated he
cause in two Of III" precincts the
election officers failed 10 open the
polls. The matter is again before
the people. an election having been
ordered and as II WAS carried by an
overwhelming majority before there IL
no reasc II TO fear that the people w!il
no; again register their sentiments
in favor OF the undertaking. especial.
~ in view Of the fac that the ether
district has since the nulliflcd election,
voted for the scheme.
EoQles.on and Wilson Eiated.
No two men in the state are more
eiated over the decision OF the court
:han Superintendent Eggl"stOn and
Commissioner Wilson Of the educa.
:ional and highways departments OF
the Safe government. respectively.
They had been on tn" anxious
bench" along with tn" VETS and
''drys" pending the decision of the
court, for had the decision been other.
wise the setback to them would have
been serious.
The elections held under the Ward
law. ether than the local option con.
tests. were on the same footing as
the local option elections, as they
were held under precisely the same
terms and by the same electorate.
Had the Fredericksburg case been de-
clared invalid and no election the
school and road bond issues would
have gone the same way. and the
elections would have had 10 be held
a second time. But they are new
Just as much "out of the woods" as
the temperance Iolks AS regards the
validity Of the act.
That many other counties in the
State. which have been hesitating on
the matter OF voting for road bonds.
will now begin an agitation for arous-
ing the people and Joining in the gen
eral movement which is now on in all
parts OF Virginia for both objects-the
best roads and the elevation of the
school system OF the State-is regard
ed as certain.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-20
o1ey LOSES.
National Baseball Commission Dee'oes
Against PROTESTING Player.

National Baseball Commission Dee'oes
Against PROTESTING Player.
CINCINNATI. OHIO. March 10
Angus, Hermann. chairman Of the
National Baseball Commission. an
nounced TODAY The decision. adverse
TO the petitioner. Of that body in the
case Of player william Otey. who
appealed from a finding made ~ the
national board Of the Natiorral ASS"
citation, wherein the player in ques'
tioa attempts 10 recover a certain
salar: which he claims is due him
being the difference between the
amount Of money he received for a
norton Of the season % is0s. under
contract with the Roanoke. Va
club as AGAINST what he should have
received had a certain contract that
he vas under with the Wheeling. W
Va. club been fully carried out
Otey claims also that he u free
agent beca Ise he was Bot paid for
three days service during IN" month
NJ June.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-20
OFFICERS INSTALLED.
hish School Literary Society He!ds
Semi-sonuai Session.

A; the regular meeting Of the High
School Literary Society held In the
assembly hall of the High schco
building. the following officers were
installed for the remainder CT the
school year: President, Frank Davis
90: vice president. y. G. Overtou
10: critic. Miss Ella Davis. 90: sec
Rotary. Miss Myrtk Phillips. II:
treasurer. ". ". Holmes. IT. 10:
sergeant at arms. Stanley Garner. II
After the Installation Of ofscer ar
at 'rsctivs program vas rendered b,
different members Of the society.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-20
Notice to Shipmasters, III

Commander George Madison, Z. S.
". inspector of equipment at the ship
yard. yesterday issued the following
notice:
Owing to the short-circuiting OF the
wires the time ball was not dropped
Yesterday. Shipmasters may obtain
a comparison by this thermometer any
time between 3. a. m. and p. m.
Sundays and national holidays ex-
ceDted
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-20
SHIPPING REPORT
Friday. March 10. 1909.
Arrived.

Steamer Tancred (NorD. ArneSen.
BaltimOre-to White Coal
Company for cargo.
Steamer Haddon Hall (Br). Wilson.
New YOrk-tO Chesapeake 4 ONO
Coal and Coke Company for bunker
coal.
Steamer Dragoman tBr). Middle
ION, Mobile-to Smokeless Fuel Com
panv for bunker coal
Steamer Mount Royal (BrD. Purcell.
GalvestOn-to White Oak Coal Com
Danv for bunker coal.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-20
Calender for Today.
Marine Notices.

Three vessels called here for bunker
coal yesterday. the British steamer
Haddon Hall, en- route from Mobile
for Bremen: British steamer Drago-
man bound from New York for South
American ports. and the British
steamer Mount ROYAL from Galveston
TO Rotterdam
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-20

The United States Revenue Cutter
Onandaga arrived in port yesterday
for disbursement of wages to her crew
and to obtain needed supplies.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-20

The Norwegian steamship Texas,
which is undergoing repairs at the
shipyard, was f1oated into dry dock
No. yesterday for painting and clean
ing of bottom.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-20
Sailed.

Steamer Tancred tEorD. Arncsen.
Bremen
Schooners Thomas F. Pollard. Jar
man. Sand Key. Fla. Baker Palmer.
Smeed, Portland.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-20
Daily Thought.

Give what YOU have To some II may
be better than you dare think Long
fellow
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-20


would b. entirely cOmforted with the
meek mans reward
IT We pause here briefly to review
the unhappy differences that nave
armed these valiant souls against
each other. Il is for no purpose Of re-
newips the strife. but rather Of en-
phasizing by coniras, the felicity OF
the present situation. u will serve
also. to bring cut in bold relief the
kracious spirit which enables Cover
nor Patterson 10 condescend 70 men
Of low estate. III; up where ne has
trampled down. and lay poufice OF
warm words upon the reputation he
has 80 fearfu!ly bruised. II will teach
those also who most unjastly have re.
garded Governor Cox as a man 81
proud and naughty spirit. that he Is
in fact a man Of modest stiffness and
humility. one who can forget injuries
the most xrievous. forgive insults the
most fragrant. indUre every assault
mon his honor and good name with
on, resentment. and. in general. hum
BILE himself that he may h. exalted
II will also show tina: no one can ever
sin away his day m grace with tue
rrrsrn, all mcrciful machine: that
no man can ever become 50 vile. 50
degraded. SO rorrup; in its es'ima'
,ion that Il IL not ready to raise him
up and load him with dignity AMI
honcrs II h. will only Civ" M every
thing and servo II with 6deliiy a"d
sinsIeness of heart.
1t will be remembered that GOV
erper Patterson pr"tessed 20 have only
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-10-08
A NEW ART STUDIO.

In order that Nashville might keep
pace with it's great reputation as an
educational center she is compelled
to make advances along all lines of
literature and art In keeping with
this, sufficient pressure has been
brought to bear on Mrs. Susie H. Bos-
ley, of 1900 Church street, corner of
Eighteenth avenue, North, to reopen
her art studio. After much impor-
tuning on the part of friends Mrs.
Bosley so it is learned definitely, has
decided to reopen this studio next
Tuesday, October 18th. Her plans
are to form classes in different kinds
of embroidery painting, charcoal and
crayon drawing, both from still life
and copy. Mrs. Bosley will also give
lessons III pastel and oil work Her
reputation as an artist and sculptor
is already too well known to be en-
larged upon. She has studied in some
of the best schools in the country and
no doubt is entertained that she will
have a large class at her home.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-10-08
SENATOR HOWSE
MAKING GOOD IMPRESSION IN
CAMP PAIGN
Election Thursday, October
Fourteenth.

POINT TO LIVELY
CONTEST - BELIEVED MAJOR
ITY OF ONE THOUSAND NEGRO
VOTERS WILL SUPPORT PoPU-
LAR BROADWAY FURNITURE
DEALER-HIs BUSINESS CAREER
WELL KNOWN TO THE PEOPLE
OF NASHVILLE-WHAT DAILY
PAPERS THINK OF TWO CANDI.
DATES-EVERY NEGRO HOLD.
ING REGISTRATION CERTlFI.
CATE SHOULD PAY POLL TAX
AND VOTE.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-10-08
MooRE-cARTwRIeHT.

On Oct. 7th at 12:4O p. m. the nuptials
of Mr. Fee Oscar Moore to Miss Addie
Pearl Cartwright were solemnized at
the Gale Street Baptist Church, Eden
ton, N. G. A splendid array of the
prominent people in the state of North
Carolina were present to witness the
affair, as both the bride and groom
are from among the leading families
cf the state. The bride is the daugh-
ter of Rev. and Mrs. C. M. Cart
wright, who have been living in Eden
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-10-08
JUBILEE DAY
CELEBRATED AUSPICIOUSLY AT
FISK UNIVERSITY
Renaissance Meeting Held
tuesday Night.

LIVINGSTONE HALL CHAPEL
CROWDED - STUDENTS, VISIT
oRs AND MEMBERS OF FAcUL-
TY LISTEN TO TALKS BY
EARLY GRADUATES-MEMBERS
OF THE FIRST JUBILEE
TROUPE TELL THEIR EXPE-
RIENCES - MANY PRIVATlONS
ENDURED IN THE BEGINNING
THE ENDING A GREAT sUC-
CESS-OTHERs RELATE EX-
PERlENCES - BANQUET TUES
DAY NIGHT.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-10-08
INSTALLATION.

The installation of Rev. B. F. Fer
rell, pastor of the Mt. Zion Baptist
Church, Sunday, September 26, will
long be remembered in the minds of
the people Many of the distin-
suished pastors of the various church
es were present The installation
sermon was preached by Rev. G. H.
Clark, d. D. Pastors, members and
friends of the various churches are
cordially invited to visit the Mt.
Zion Baptist Church.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-10-08

On next Thursday morning at nine
o'clock the battle of Mayoralty honors
will be on. Mr.. Johns, the indepen-
dent candidate, will endeavor to win
over Senator Howse who has been put
up by the Democratic Primary. Mr..
Johns says he will win, and no one
can say he will not, but if calcula-
tiOns count for anything he will have
to run a hard race to win out. The
campaign is waxing warmer every
day, and it is believed the full voting
strength will be polled
The Nashville American, in discuss
ing the situation, makes the following
timely remarks:
In the long and rambling speech deliv-
cred by the independent candidate for
Mayor in front of the customhouse on
Monday night there was not one word
or line showing why he would make a
better Mayor than his Democratic op-
ponent. Instead of demonstrating a
capacity, at least in a minor degree,
for executive control, he devoted al
most his entire speech to abuse of his
opponent and to an attack upon the
integrity of the Democrats who nomi-
mated that gentleman. He says the
primary of Sept. "a was bogus" that
there were illegal registrations; in a
word, that the whole proceeding was
fraudulent. Then he says the Demo
cratic nominee, in his business affairs,
sells non-union-made stoves and chairs
and what not
But nowhere and in no instance,
does the Independent aspirant make
one single suggestion that looks to
wiser or more economical government.
Having no conception of the needs
of the city, or of it's Indebtedness, or its
sewerage, streets, water, police, fire
or lighting system he wisely passes
them by and talks of law enforce
ment," and what Howse has done or
hasn't done.
Who cares what Howse has done in
his business life so he has been hon
est? Who cares a baubee about his
likes or dislikes? What have these
to do with managing the affairs of
the city? If the Independent candi-
date has the better capacity for adj
ministration he should at least give
some indication of it in his speeches.
Abusing Howse and the Democratic
party is no evidence of administrative
capacity. 1t is mehely an exhibition of
the inordinate ambition of Charles D.
Johns to get job with a good salary
attached.
There are over one thousand Ne
groes registered in the city and it is
believed the majority of them will
support Senator Howse. He is we'll
known here, having conducted a large
furniture store on Broadway for
years. He is very popular business
man. Great pressure is being brought
to bear to get all the voters to the
polls on Thursday, the 14th.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-10-08
WANT NORMAL
NEGROES OF COLUMBIA SHOW
ACTIVITY.
Hold Mass Meeting on the
Fifth.

DESIRE THAT STATE NORMAL
AND AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE
BE LOCATED IN MAURYs coUN-
TY SEAT - REPRESENTATIVE
CITIZENS ISSUE CALL TO
WHICH THERE is HEARTY
RESPONSE BY THE PEOPLE
ROOMS OF YOUNG MEMS
CHRIS STIAN ASSOCIATION
SCENE OF DEMONSTRATIONS
MAKE FLATTERlNG PRO-
POSAL TO THE STATE Of
FlClALS.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-10-08
HAM AND JAPHETH AT THE
POLE

In an issue of the Nashville Banner
of last week appeared the following
editorial:
Matthew Henson the Negro who
was with Commander Peary at the
discovery of the pole has been for
eighteen years in the Commanders
employ. Peary, in his account of his
voyage to the pole, mentions Hansen
as one of the men who was with him
when he made a record of the high
est point North in 1906, and several
times refers to him in terms of ap-
preciation and confidence.
Henson's interview, given to an AS
sociated Press correspondent at Bat
tie Harbor, indicates that he is a
man Of good intelligence. He prob
ably had more Arctic experience than
any other man in the expedition ex-
cept Peary and the Esquimos.
The tropical origin or the Negro
race and it's long habitation in sunny
climes, it might be supposed, has rem
dered it's members unfit to endure eX-
treme cold, and that is the prevalent
opinion concerning them. There
seems to be little doubt of the Ne
groes' superior capacity for resisting
the heat of the sun. a Negro at the
pole seems as much out of his ele-
ment as an Esquimo would at the
equator, and it is one or the anonlo-
lies of life that one of the black race
should have been among those who
discovered the recovered roof of the
world.
Henson's attachmcn to Command
er Peary, and the good service done,
is another instance of the faithful Ne
gro servant often evidenced in the
ante-cival war period of the South,
and still more emphasized, perhaps,
by those who followed their masters
into the Confederate service. 1t is,
unhappily not a universal trait with
the Negro, but sometimes very pro-
nounced.
Had the editor stopped when he
finished, it would have been well,
and that would have been at the c''l
of the second paragraph; but there
seems to have been a disposition on
his part to inject into his comment
extraneous matter, something alto
gether foreign to Explorer Henson's S
magnificent achievement in connec-
ton with Explorer Peary. 1t is plain
that the intent of the two last para.
graphs was to modify or detract from
Hensons work and worth The
words, "The tropical origin of 5he
Negro race and its long habitation
In sunny climes, it might be supposed,
has rendered it's members unfit to en-
dure extreme cold" have nothing to
do with what Henson really accom-
plished by his endurance journey
over snow and ice fields to reach the
North Pole, the coveted goal that had
baffled for centuries the hardest and
most daring sons of men. Nor did
his world-renowned feat have any
thing to do with demonstrating IAN
other instance of the faithful Negro
servant often evidenced in the ante
cival war period of the South" nor
with "those who followed their mas
ters into the Confederate service
His was brave and hardy mans
task, and as a brave man he accom-
plished it.
No man ascends above his ideals
Therefore, in going to the top of the
earth, Henson, a courageous son OF
Ham, indomitably fought his way up
ward through difficulties and hard
ships, such as had defeated Franklin
Greeley and others, until he had as
Continued on Page 81
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-10-08

Columbia, Tenn, Oct 6. Special
Last night the rooms of the Young
Mems Christian Association building
were crowded by the leading citizens
of the town to discuss the feasibility
of making a bid for the State Nor
NAL, Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lege that is to be located soon. The
gathering was the result of a call
issued October the first by several
leading men. The call read as fol-
lows:
Columbia, October 1, 1909.
To the Colored People of Columbia,
Maury County and State of Ten
nessee:
Your attention is called to the fact
that on next Wednesday the white
citizens of the community will par
ticipate in one of the greatest edu-
cational demonstrations that ever oc-
Cured in the city. We need not say,
that on that day, October 9th, the
Educational Committee of the State
will come to Columbia for the pur-
pose of inspecting a site for the loca-
ton of the three white normal schools
provided by the Legislature by the
last General Assembly of the State.
This same body also made provisions
for a similar school for the Negroes
Of Tennessee and appropriated $4,000
for that purpose.
This circular. then comes to you as
an appeal to the citizens, especially
the voters Of Columbia, the ministers,
physicians, and all other public-spir-
tied persons of the community to
awaken at once to the great necessity
of making some concerted effort to
hold similar demonstration for and in
behalf of the Negroes of Columbia and
Maury County. The movement at this
time is imperative, since the demon
stration should occur in October, for
almost Immediately after the vista
tion of the committee to Columbia in
favor of the Normal School for the
white people, the body will make its
tour for the inspection of location
for a Negro Normal School. Only one
idea should dominate every Negro in
Columbia, and that is, "A Negro Nor
nal School for the Negroes of Ten
neSSee located IN MGury County"
To this most important feature
then is your attention directed, for,
at no time in the history of the Ne
gro in this city and county has q
greater issue been presented.
This circular will inform all con-
eerned that mass-meeting of the
colored people of Columbia is hereby
called to meet in the rooms of the Y.
NJ. c. A., on Tuesday night next, Oc
tober 5th, where and when ways and
means will be devised for carrying
out, in the most substantial manner,
plans looking to a great educational
rally, which will place the Negro on
record as being highly appreciative of
the law recently passed by the state
Legislature, and of taking such other
steps as will result in locating the
Normal School in Columbia as the
most desirable and fitting place in
the State of Tennessee. For the above
reasons and other considerations, you
are urged to lay aside your private
affairs and every thinking citizen at
tend the mass-meeting as called
Yours for the public welfare:
T. W. Stevens, M. D.. j. c. Schooner,
d. d. S., Rev VIM. Porter, Rev. c.
j. Maclin, c. o. Hunter, M. D., Rev.
j. S. Gilmore, Rev. ]. B. Spratlin
and Faculty of Columbia Public
Continued on Page 81
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-10-08

ton for a number of years, coming
from one of the oldest families in the
"Old North State" The groom is
prominent business man, who has
made his way by his ability and tact.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-10-08

The annual meeting of the National
Bantist Publishing Board will be held
in the office of the Secretary on Tues
day, October 18th. The out-of-town
members are supposed to be present.
at least some of them are expected.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-15
EVIDENCE IS IN
Arguments Begun in Case o1
Ella Gingles Accused of
Theft.
NOT An INNOCENT GIRL
State Succeeds in Apparently Prov.
fng Defendant Far From Being
Unsophisticated.

Chicago, July 15-The defense tc-
day began it's final battle to free Ella
Gingles, the Irish lacemaker. Unless
something of an unexpected nature
should develop during today's hear
ing all the evidence will be before
the jury by the close of the day. AT
torneys for Miss Gingles expected TO
produce a number If medical men
who have examined the girl and who
will go on the witness stand and re-
fute the allegations made yesterday
by the Canadian witnesses.
Has Something I'm Reserve.
The state on the other hand an
ncuncod it was prepared to call 4
woman whose identity is a mystery
to refute the testimony of Miss
Cingles should the young lucemakef
tie ,ecalled to the stand.
short begins Argument.
The hearing of the evidence was
completed at noon. Assistant State /,
Attorney Short began the argument
this afternoon
Not Innocent Girl.
Chicago, ILL.,, July 15.-The state
closed its case against Ella Gingles
yesterday Instead of the poor little
innocent girl that her attorney, p. III
|CDonnell. has claimed her to be, and
which she has claimed to be in her
|Cwn testimony. Ella Gingles was prov
ed to have been operated upon in Can
Iada following an illegal operation ap
lparently performed by herself, before
coming to the United States.
With the assistance of citizens ot
high repute of Belleville. Ont, where
the Gingles girl formerly worked, Chiei
Assistant States Attorney Short sue
Gee ded in wrecking her elaborate. de
fense by proving her to have been ;
reciter i'm ingenious untruths in he
story of her Canadian experiences pre-
viously told on the witness stand. Th'
state then rested its case.
Knew of similar Case.
Mr.. Short at night stated that l.,
was i'm possession of evidence tina
Ella Gingles was acquainted with
girl who lived on a farm near Belle
vile and who tied herself to a bureau
ar home in position similar to tina
in which the Gingles girl was found i
a public bathroom in the Wellington
hotel Feb. 16.
This affair is the one on which MI
Short believes the Gingles girl base
her conduct and subsequent story i
Chicago. leading to the long drawn on
recital of filth and innuendo in TIL
for the theft of lace from Miss Agne
Barrette Mr.. Short obtained th
story of the farmhouse episode frou
the attorney for the crown at Belle
lville.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-15

could answer the questions if the
state desired to ask her regarding
the alleged threat to kill her made
by Harry X. Thaw during conversa-
tion at Matteawan.
No Way to- Escape.
Mrs. Thaw asked if she could not
claim privilege in refusing to ans
wer on the ground that to reply
would tend to incriminate her. The
court ruled she could not. Mrs. Thaw
was asked if Thaw had not made
such a threat and said, Yes, he did.
Kept on stand.
White Plains, n Y, july 15-Eve
ly Thaw's lips were closed by legal
tcchnicalities yesterday. and she did
no: resume the stand, as expected, &c
testify for the state in opposing
Tbaw's attempt to prove himself sane
1t was expected she would testify rs
to the conversation between Thaw and
his wife at the asylum in which Thaw
is supposed to have threatened to kill
he.' when he got out.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-15
BRITISH SUBMARINE BOAT
and IS OF CREW ARE LOST

London. July ia wireless mes
sage received at Portsmouth states the
sumbarine torpedo boat &C IL" was in
collision late last night with an un-
known steamship near Lowestoft and
was sunk A number of its crew of 16
men drowned. Another submarine
boat was also damaged in collision,
but the crew was saved
Thirteen members of the vessels
crew went TO the bottom with it,
and only three were saved Lieuten-
ants Brode and Watkin are among the