The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-02
COLORED COLUMN.

A few weeks ago negro sold IA
bales of cotton on the streets of Lit
tie Rock, Ark, receiving $7,344.S5.
Prof. W. S. Scarborough, of VIII
berforce, O., colored author Of
Greek text book, is to address the
American Pathological Association at
Toronto, Canada, on some disputed
passages in Cicero's letters.
w. C. Coble bought the Bub Phelps
house and lot on w. Broadway Mon
day paying $3.50 for same
We have only four colored inmates
at the county farm (poOr house,
The colored people of Louisville
have 5000 children in school, one
high and normal school, eight gram
mar schools, one university, one law
school, one medical college, one Y.
M. c.. A. building, one Carnegie Ii
brary, two hospitals, five newspapers,
fifty in the Z. S. postal service and
fifty-five doctors.
W. W. Banks. Steward at the Elks
Club, this city, desires to publicly
thank said club as a whole and men,
bers individually for an expression of
confidence in the way of Christmas
donations this year (as heretofore)
$40 in gold, suit of clothes, silver
ware, S. silk umbrella, wearing APP
parels and other moneys.
We understood that several of our
colored Republicans are arranging to
go to Washington on March to Mr..
W. HI. Taft's Inauguration.
w. M. Howard spen several days
in Mt. Sterling this week visiting
friends.
Henry 0. Tanner, colOred of New
York, has the reputation of being one
of the best artists on the continent.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Deck visited the
parents of the latter in Mt. Sterling
this week.
M. d. Butts near Calvert, Texas,
owns 600 acres Of land in Robinson
county and is reported to be worth
$4,000.
j. P. Cary, of Lexington, was in
the city Monday.
Among the most prominent colored
men in attendance at the State
Teachers Association here this week
may be mentiOned: H. H Parrish,
A. M; d. ID. President of Eckstine
Norton University Louisville, Rev. j.
E. Wood, D. D., editor of the Torch
Light, Danville; Cary B. Lewis, cor
Irespondence for the Courier Journal;
Prof. j. H. jackson, A. NJ, President
of the State Normal School, Frank
fort; Joseph S. Golfer, of Louisville,
the cOlOred poet; Prof. F. L. Williams
who recently went from Covington to
one Of the large schools at st. Louis,
Mo.
Scott Jackson sold a two-year-old
horse to Mr.. Frank COuchman,
white gentleman Monday for $3.50.
John Judy, of Paris, a former cit
izen of Winchester, has been visiting
his two daughters here this week
Mrs. Susie Bell and Mrs. Laura
Keene.
Miss Hattie P. Reneix, principal of
the Wilson street school, Louisville,
who has been attending the COlored
Teachers meeting here this week, is
one of the most noted vocalist of her
race. In addition to singing in En-
glish she also sings in German and
Italian.
We are in receipt Of a souvenir
post card from Mayo's Pharmacy,
the second colored drug store at Lex
ingtOn. 1t is owned by Prof. w. H.
Mayo, of Frankfort, and operated by
his son.
Mrs. Bette Wilson, of Mt. Sterling,
visited her parents this week, Mr..
and Mrs. Chas. Pervine on Olive
street
hey. L. ImDerlake OF the Broad
way Baptist church, is arranging for
a MISUNDERSTANDING course compos-
ed largely of our local white and col
ored talent.
The funeral of Napoleon Bona
parte, highly respected colored cit
izen Of Louisville, was preached in
one of the fashionable white chur-
ches last Sunday. He had been sex
ton of the church for forty years.
The Colored State Teachers As
ISOLATION which has been meeting here
this week, adjourned after a pleas
ant profitable session. to meet at
Frankfort next year.
Howard Buckner and wife of