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The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1911-07-28
EQUAL NUMBER OF WHITES
AND BLACKS IN GALLATIN
SCHOOLS.

Gallatin, Tenn, July 21.-The COM
pilation of the scholastic census has
just been completed by Square Geo.
N Guthrie, and shows there are the
following children within the cor
poration of Gallatin between the ages
of six and twenty-one: White males,
10; white females, 1884, total num-
Der of whites, 1854. Colored males,
163 colored females, 2O1; total num-
her of co'ored, 364 just exactly the
S me number of white and colored.
OF this number there are 306 white
children who can read and write and
only 1S3 colored. According to
Souare Guthrie's figures the number
of heads of families is as follows.
White, 1G7; colored 157. During the
period of one year, commencing June
l. 1910, there were fifty-one births
and forty-siX deaths within the cor
porate limits.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1911-07-28

i'd maturity. Its members are noted
for their wealth, refinement and
good citizenship. Merchants, farm
ers, doctors are enrolled.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1911-07-28
NEGRO NORMAL MAY GET PART
OF THE FEDERAL FUND.

The State Negro Normal SCHOOL,
at Nashville is likely to benefit un-
der the action of the State Board of
Education Tuesday, in authorizing
the Secretary of State to confer
with the Secretary of the Interior
at Washington respecting the acts of
Congress in 1862, 1887 and 1890 ap-
propriating money from the sale of
public lands to agricultural schools
and schools of mechanical arts in
the Southern States. Under these
acts and acts amendatory thereto, a
UNCONVENTIONAL school for colored
children at Knoxville has for several
years been largely supported from
this Government fund. At the last
session of the General Assembly
Representative Williams, of Hamil-
ton County, succeeded in passing a
bill authorizing the Secretary of
State to take this matter up with the
Secretary of the Interior, with a
view to diverting this fund from
this denominational school, that, un-
der the law, is said to have no real
right to receive it, and apply it for
the benefit of the State Negro Nor.
NAL School, which is an agricultural
and mechanical institution. Mr..
Ben Carr got behind this movement
during the session of the Legisla-
ture and helped to have the measure
passed. Mr.. Carr has been made
superintendent of the school farm.
Under the legislative act it is
thought to have a fair division of the
fund appropriated to both white and
cOlored state schools fulfilling the
requirements of the acts of Congress.
At the night session matters per-
tanning to the contracts for building
the Negro Normal School, to be sit
uated on Centennial boulevard, one
half mile beyond the terminus of the
Jefferson street car line, occupien
the attention of the members of the
board. Aobut $4,000 will be expend-
and $25,000 in furnishings To the
th'rty-fve acres has been at4led nine
ty-five acres contiguous to be used
for farming purposes.
President-elect W. ]. Hale, Of Chat
tanooga, will begin the work of or
ganization September 1, and ii is ex-
0crte' the school will be opened next
su or fall
The secre etary of the state has been
ro" ueeted to report the opening of
tie NEGRO Normal to the Secretary
of the Interior in order that the
school may receive it's pro rata Of
funds under the act of Congress,
rassed in 1862 The portion of this
federal fund for whites has been go
Ing to the University of Tennessee
q, riclltural department, and the Ne
gro fund to a school near Knoxville
T; IS estimated the pro Iata to 90
TO the Negro Normal will be about
$4,000
Those members of the board at
tending the meeting were S. H.
Thompson, Athens; Superintendent
j. L. Brooks, Johnson City; R. L..
Bynum, Jackson; Harry Luck and J..
Wy prictar NochUi1la
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1911-07-28
EDITOR r. r. WRIGHT, JR., SAVES
A. M. E. BOOK CONCERN IN
Dill AnEI DLIA

Ell j Oh n. n. w nl0T1 , Jn., OAV EO
A. M E. BOOK CONCERN IN
PHILADELPHIA,
The elimination and final chapter
of the financial troubles of the A. NJ
E. Book Concern of the African
Methodist Episcopal Church, which
was levied on by the sheriff May 23
to satisfy the judgment of Mrs Ruth
M. Collett for $4,714S2, took place
Wednesday, July 19, 1911, when Prof
R. R. Wright, Jr, the present man
aging editor of the Christian Record
er, settled the Judgment for the sum
of $1,S00 out of his own pocket.
The judgment of Mrs. Ruth M.
Collett for the sum of $4,714.S2 for
debt and interest awarded by the
Court of Common Pleas, was as
signed to Editor Wright for the sum
of one thousand eight hundred dol
lars.
While it is not the full amount of
the Judgment it was agreed by all
parties concerned that it should be
adjusted on tha tbasis to the ever
lasting credit of Editor Wright, who
in no wise was responsible for the
debt incurred or judgment rendered.
The church is indebted to him and
h family for saving to the A. M. E.
Church the Book Concern at 631
Pine street. this city, on Wednesday,
July 10, 1911.
The above clipped from "The Phil
adelphia Courant" will be pleasant
reading to Negroes everywhere. A
reproduction of the receipt given
Editor Wright follows:
RUTH NJ. COLLETT
ExecutriX of JOHN H.
COLLETT, Deceased,
The BOOK CONCERN
of the A. M. E.
CHURCH.
c. P. No. 5,
Dec. 7, '09.
No. 1884,
Received July 18, 1911, of R. R.
Wright, JJr., for the sum of $1,000 in
checks as follows: check for one hun
dred dollars of r. r. Wright, Jr,
on Peoples Savings Bank check for
seven hundred dollars on Bank of N.
P of Western Saving Fund and check
of R. r. Wright for one thousand
dollars on Citizens Trust Company
of Savannah, which, when paid, will
be in full settlement of debt interest
and costs in above stated case: the
writ of fl ia therein it to be stayed
by plaintiff this day; upon payment
of the said checks the judgment in
the above case is to be marked by
the plaintiff at plaintiffs cost to the
use of R. R. Wright, Jr.
OWEN B. JENKINS,
Attorney for Ruth M. Colletr, Ex.
ecutrix, ETC., plaintiff.
The same paper says further in re-
gard to the same case:
POLITICS HINTED.
Strange as it may seem, it is new
ertheless true the same corrupt in
fluences that have been the cause Of
so much trouble within the First
Episcopal District since it has been
presided over by Bishop Wesley j..
Gaines, was plainly evident through
out the entire trouble of the Book
Concern Chicanery and low politics
have figured largely in influencing
support for or against Editor
Wright, and since it has become a
known fact that Bishop Gaines has
announced his support for another
candidate and not the present in
cumbent, Prof. Wright, and since
there are no less than three an
nounced candidates for manager Of
the Book Concern in the event the
two Offices are again divorced from
each other as formerly, and they too
are delegates from this conference,
II is believed that il was the nnr.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-08-17
GREAT GRANDFATHERs PRESIDE.
Unique Birthday Dinner Given in Hon
or of j. Chester Schaufel Tuesday

A unique birthday dinner was given
in honor Of j. Chester Schaufel at his
home on Elizabeth street on Tuesday
evening when twenty guests represent
ing the members of the Schaufel fam
lily sat down to the table. The feature
of the dinner was found in the fact
that the two great grandfathers of
the guest of honor presided at the din
ner. They were John Schaufel of
Prairie avenue and David Lonergan of
Dayton street. Both Of the great grand
fathers are in the eighties but they
were among the gayest guests at the
dinner. The youngest guest at the
dinner was Master Jerome Carlson
Schaufel, aged ten months. A very
pleasant time is reported by all attend
ing the dinner and family reunion.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-08-17
WE'D AT ST. JAMES CHURCH,
John T. Steinmetz and Miss Bertha
Towle Married This Morning.

The marriage Of Miss Bertha Towle
and John T. Steinmetz, son Of Martin
Steinmetz, city treasurer Of the city,
was celebrated at St. James church at
seven clock this morning, the cere-
mony being performed by the Rev.
Father Smith, pastor of the church in
the presence of large company of
friends and relatives Following the
ceremony at the church Mr.. and Mrs.
Steinmetz were guests Of honor at a
wedding breakfast at the home Of the
groom on Exchange street at which
covers were laid. for thirty guests.
Mr.. and Mrs. Steinmetz left this after
noon for a wedding trip through North
ern Wisconsin. They will make their
home in Kenosha and will be at home
to their friends after the first of
September. Many friends in the city
will be pleased to extend congratula
tions.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-08-17
SET MANY GRADES.
Street Assessment Committee and City
Engineer Fix New Grades.

Members of the street assessment
committee of the common council and
the city engineer met this morning in
the new territorv of the city west of
the Chicago & Milwaukee Electric
Railway company tracks to fix grades
for all of the territory bounded on the
north by Elizabeth street and on the
south. by Salem avenue and taking in
all of the territory of the city west
of the tracks of the electric railway.
Engineer Baltzer has made careful sur
veys of the property and has drawn
up q system of grades which it is
thought will prove entirely satisfae-
tory. Before these grades are settled
upon it will be necessary for the coun-
ell to pass an ordinance adopting them
and it is expected that such an ordi-
nance will be ready at the next meet
ing of the council Many of the peo-
pie in the subdivisions included are
anxious to lay sidewalks this year and
it is expected that the council will
take early action on the grade ordi-
nance.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-08-17
STILL INVESTIGATE CASE.
Not Ready to Act in Regard to Woman
Who Disposed Of Baby.

No action has as yet been taken by
the district attorneys Office in regard
to the charges against Mrs. Anna Mag
dolen, arrested on Monday evening.
The woman is still at the county jail
and she has shown a willingness to tell
her close friends, several stories in re-
gard to the birth Of her child, but she
still insists that she does not know
what became of the body of the infant.
A formal warrant charging John Hol-
mo, the companion of the woman with
statutory o1fense, has been issued in
the municipal court and he viii be Civ
Ell a hearing late this afternoon. 1t is
possible that the case of the woman
will be disposed of in the same manner.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-08-17
MAY SEE PRESIDENT
Trip Through the Country
May Bring Him Through
Kenosha in October
TO Attend MILWAUKEE SHOW

If Kenosha is to have a visit from
President Taft it will be necessary to
get in the invitation at once and an
early invitation may result in the
president making a short stop at Keno
sha in the middle of October. 1t has
been announced from Washington that
President Taft will start on a trip
through the country on September 16
and the trip will inclnde visit to Wis
consin. This state will be one of The
last to be visited by the president and
he plans to be in Milwaukee for at
least a part of day during the ma
tional dairy show. Pauline Wayne, the
White House COW, is to be one of the
most featured exhibits of the dairy
show and it is expected that the presi-
dent will drop into Milwaukee for at
least one day just to see what kind of
a hit Pauline is making.
In returning from Milwaukee to Chi
cago the president will probably pass
through Kenosha. The city of Racine
through Congressman H. A. Cooper has
sent formal invitation to the presi
dent asking that he make short stop
in Racine on his return trip from Mil
waukee and the president has indicat-
ed that he will be pleased to accept the
invitation if his itinerary can be ar
ranged so as to make the stop possible.
The president s proposed visit to
Wisconsin is not being received any
too heartily by the leaders in the
movement to make Senator LaFollette
candidate for president and they
seem to resent the action of the presi-
dent in making speeches in state that
is particularly territory Of the LaFol-
lette party.
The trip of the president will be dis
tinctively a campaign trip and in his
speeches at various points along the.
line the president is expected to sound
the keynote of his platform on which
he will seek denomination next year.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-08-17
DEATH OF MRS. FRED A. RICE.
Well Known Woman Died at Pennoyer
Sanitarium Tuesday Evening.

Mrs. Della Winslow Rice, aged IS
years, wife of Fred A. Rice and a well
known woman of the city and county,
died at the Pennoyer Sanitarium just
after six O'Clock Tuesday evening af-
ter d long illness. Mrs. Rice had been
an invalid for number of years and
for the past three weeks her condition
had been considered critical. Mrs.
Rice was daughter of the late John
and Permelia Winslow and was born
in the town of Somers. She was mar
ried to Fred A. Rice in the town of
Somers October 6, 1869, and had spent
practically her entire life in Somers
and IN Kenosha. Mrs. Rice is sur
vived by her husband and three daught-
ers, Mrs. Frederick G. Schroeder, Mrs.
Robert III. Moth and Mrs. Roy Thomp-
son, all of Kenosha.
The funeral will be held from the
late residence on Grand avenue at two
O'Clock Thursday afternoon and inter
ment will be at the family plat at the
Kenosha City cemetery,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-08-17
CHICAGO STARS ARE COMING
Curtiss Team Including Ely, Wilmer,
Ovlngton and Possibly Beachey to
be Seen in Kenosha - Thrilling
Flights Promised.

The thrills attending the aviation
meet in Chicago have awakened a new
interest in the coming of the birdmen
to Kenosha on August 26 and 81 and it
is certain that Kenosha will have two
of the greatest crowds in its history
when the Curtiss flyers come to the
city week from next Saturday. The
Curtiss men have so far handled their
machines at the Chicago meet without
accident and in fact one of the greatest
claims of The Curtiss flyers is the fact
that not a single person has ever been
killed in the operation of the Curtiss
machines. The Kenosha people attend
ing the meet in Chicago have watched
the evolution of the Curtiss men with
a great deal of interest and the peo-
pie in this section are assured a great
spectacle when the flyers reach Keno
sha. The Kenosha meet will be the
first big meet following the close Of
the record breaking tests in Chicago
and it is certain that many of the ex-
perts in Chicago will remain over to
witness the flights in Kenosha.
The program for the Kenosha meet
has not been entirely completed as yet
but it will be decidedly interesting
one and three events will be provided
for each day. These will include alti-
tude and speed flights and experiments
in starting and landing. The team to
fly at Kenosha has not been selected
but it is thought certain that Earl
Ovington, one of the most daring en-
tries in the Chicago meet, will fly in
Kenosha Eugene Ely, another of the
stars of the Chicago meet is also on
the program for the Kenosha meet
and the third man will be either c. G.
Wilmer or Lincoln Beachey 1t is
very probable that Beachey will be the
last man in the trio as Wilmer has not
yet been able to get his license back
after a daring fight in the east which
resulted in his coming near to being
dashed to death. Ovington is the real
star Of the Curtiss flyers, but he has
divided his honors with Beachey in the
Chicago meet and both of the men
have won large amount of the prize
money during the meet thus far.
The meets in Kenosha will begin
at 3:45 in order to allow the flyers
every possible chance to avoid trouble
some wind conditions and the flights
will continue until night fall. Beachey
who went up nearly 5000 feet in Chi
cago, will undoubtedly try for an alti-
tude record if he flies in the KenoshE
meet and Ovington will show the
crowds in Kenosha some speed thrills.
Every machine made by the Curtiss,
company will be represented in the Ke-
nosha meet and while there will be but
three flyers several carloads Of ma
chimes will be brought here. The
hangers for the Kenosha meet will DE
put up shortly after the close of the
Chicago meet and the airships will De
sent to Kenosha early next week.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-08-17
ARE SEEKING MORE PAY.
Hearing to be Held in Madison on Peti-
ton of Employees of Railway Co.

A hearing will be held in Madison on
August Is on the petition of employees
of the Milwaukee Electric Railway
and Light company to the question of
whether they are receiving enough pay
and are working proper hours. The
men are acting under article l, section
4, of the state constitution, which
gives the right of petition to the gov
eminent or any department.
The petition has a bearing on the 8
cent fare case. The men believe that
they are entitled to an increase in pay
before there is any reduction in fares.
Secretary John Humphrey of the
state board of arbitration and CON
citation received notice on Monday to
appear in Madison before the com
mission on the date given. He made
a recommendation along this line in
his report and will appear before the
commission for the. men.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-08-17
300 PRISONERS ON THE LIST
Report Of the Turnkey Will be Used
by the National Government in Sc
curing Reforms in Regard to Jails
and Prisons

Turnkey Nicholas Fonk of the
county Jail is getting out an interest
ing report for the department of com
merce and labor Of the United States
government and it will be one of the
most complete censuses Of prisoners
ever made in Kenosha county. The re
port will cover the history of every
man committed to the county jail dur
ing the year 1910 and it is made for
the purpose of aiding the department
in suggesting national legislation for
the management of jails and prisons.
During the year to be covered by
tho report there were more than 800
prisoners committed to the county jail
for various offenses The report will
not include the history of men. or
women sent to the state institutions
after being held in the Jail, but sim
ply those who were committed to the
Jail to serve time in default of pay
ments of fines. The report will show
the date of commitment, the sex, age,
race and marital condition of the pri-
soner. 1t will go into the question of
nationality and here is one of the most
interesting phases of the report from
this county as of the 300 prisoners not
ed in the report more than 225 are
aliens or alien born. The report shows
the time the aliens have been in the
United States and their condition as
to literacy. The nature of every sent
ence mus be given and it must be
shown how many times the prisoner
has been committed to Jail in default
of payments of fines. Some of the
men will be shown to have been com
mitted five times during a single year.
The report will show that few long
sentences are served in the county jail
of Kenosha county. Generous use of
the state institutions has bee. the rule
in this county for some time and the
judges in both the municipal and the
circuit court have avoided Jail sent
ences. In nearly every case where the
law would permit the prisoners have
been sent to state institutions rather
than to the county Jail This is to
the liking Of the convicts in many
cases as the hardened criminals all
seem to prefer sentence to the state
prison or the state reformatory rather
than to spend time in the county jails.
On this account the number of men
committed to the county Jail is smaller
than will be found in many counties
the size of Kenosha. The work of
writing the history of these prisoners
is not an easy one, but Turnkey Fonk
hopes to have it completed within the
next twoNyeeks. Similar reports are
now being secured from all jails in
Wisconsin and after che reports have
been compiled the government will is
sue report showing the conditions of
committed men in the iails of Wiscon-
sin and the other states in the union.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-08-17
WESTERN CHAMPION COMING
Albert Seckel of Hinsdale to Lead
Fast Field of Amateurs-Evans and
Egan May Be in the List of Players
ever the Kenosha Course.

The Kenosha golfers are all ready
for the opening of the first open tour
new on the Kenosha links which starts
at nine o'clock Thursday morning and
it is certain that the fastest field of
golfers ever seen in Wisconsin will
face the tee for the golf battle. 1t
will not be a field made up entirely of
professionals as several of the leading
amateurs Of the west will be on hand
to contest in the thirty-six hole medal
play tourney. Men are at work on the
green's today and they will be in great
shape for the coming of the golfers
tomorrow Bob Simpson, the Kenosha
professional, declares that the Kenosha
links are i n the finest condition in their
history and that he expects the great
est golf seen in the west this year on
Thursday.
The entries for the meet are coming
iii rapidly today and among the early
entries are Albert Seckel, the western
amateur champion, and Bob Gardner
Of Hinsdale, the former Yale pole
vaulter and one time national cham
pion. Secl1el and Gardner telephoned
their entries 30 the committee this
morning. It is also expected that
+" Chicko Evans of Edgewater, the
most famous of the younger amateur
golfers of the country, will be on hand
for the tournament. Chandler Egan,
one of the most popular Of the golfng
stars and champion Of champions,
has also signifed his intention of start
ing III the match. 1t is expected that
two or three Of the Kenosha golfers
will go into the match, the list includ
ing G. G. Allen, G. D. Barnes, Dick
Cavanagh, Gordon Yule and possibly
several others. Malcolm Kehlor, one
Of the fastest of the Kenosha golfers,
will not be in the match.
The list of professionals signifying
their intention to enter the open tour
ney is headed by "Bob" Simpson, the
western champion and the professional
of the Kenosha club. Other entries in
clude Tom Donaldson Of the Glenview
club, Harry Turpie Of Edgewater, Tom
Warden and his feammate Willie Mar
shall Of Onwentsia, Walter Forargue of
Skokie, Jack Croke Of Westward Ho,
Willie Sherwood of Memphis, Jim Fou-
lis of Calumet and Dave FOULS of the
Chicago Golf club, George Simpson of
the Wheaton Golf club, Jimmie Simp-
son Of Blue Mound, Alec Wilson of
Milwaukee Country club, David LIVE
of Lake Geneva and Otto Hackbarth,
the powerful driving professional of
the Hinsdale club.
Many Of the "pros" came to Keno
sha today and spent the day looking
over the Kenesha course and getting
a line on the troubles that they will
have to meet ON Thursday. The con
test will have the right of way over
all other games on the links on Thurs
day. Hundreds Of golfers from other
clubs are expected to come to Kenosha
for the big event and record break
ing crowd is expected.