The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1912-05-24
DR.. JONES STILL
PRESIDENT
Is ELECTED ANNUALLY
BY TRUSTEES.
A Meeting Will Be
Held In June.
Matter of President will be Taken up
Believed DR.. Jones will be Re.
tained-strons Favorite of Ten.
nesseans-other Matters to
be Considered by Trustees
MAY Move School.

Since the election of General Con.
terence officers at the A. M. E. Con
terence at Kansas City deal of spec.
uIatlon has been INDUCED in by the
people IN Tennessee as to whether or
not Dr. j. A. Jones would be retained
as president of Turner Normal Col.
lege. Entering the contest for con.
hectlonal honors of his Church did
not IN any way effect DR.. Jones' no
sltlon at the school. He is elected
annually by the Trustee BOARD
Whlch Will meet sometime in lime
II Is presumed that the new Bisbon
Oh this district will call an early meet.
ing OF the Board as there are imnor-
Iant matters to be taken into consid.
Grafton, and it is very likely that at
thls meeting the election of nrasi.
dent will be taken up. DR.. ZONES 10
very popular in this state and If is
,he concensus of opinion that he win
De retained at the head of the college
Another matter that will engage
the attention of the Board at t6a
coming meeting is whether or NOT
SIe matter of erecting building in
Sneioyvllle will be started, or he
held over until after the lawsuit
against the institution is settled II
VIII be remembered that a real estate
company brought suit against the in
Stltutlon charging them with damago
IN real estate deal. At the ANIMAL
session last year the Trustee Roard
voted to move the school to Nasb-
vlIle, but upon investigation it was
learned that they acted beyond their
power as they are not delegated tbe
authority to sell property. but are
merely custodians of the institution
Before looking into this matter thor.
oughly a tentative agreement was ON.
tered into with the real estate cor-
pany and a forfeiture was denosited
~ Us IS CANNED by some of the leading
legal talent in the state that since The
action OF the Trustees was illegal
Inc agreement cannot be binding. and
Lurther that the real estate comnanv
SUNG can be compelled to paw back
ne money that was forfeited
Another matter that is agitating
ne African Methodists all over the +
tate Is the outrageous lynching that !
occurred in Shelbyvil1e few months {
go when three Negroes who were :
harged with having murdered ,
yhite man were mobbed in the eyes :
j the court in that town. They had ,
cen taken to the courthouse for y
preliminary hearing and when the
ncCers started to Jail with them 2 y
ioo shot and beat them to death .
MS outrageous affair has had a won.
erIul effect on the people No one
GEMS willing to send their cbildrnn
town where such horrifying ont. b..
ages are perpetrated. and il is ba- "
eyed hg many that the school win ~
Itimately be removed to some other -
pint.
All of the western part Of the state
e IN favor of moving the school TO b.
me central point, and a large con. ell
ltuency in the central section are al
so of the same opinion. IF sucb is
ep Is taken it is problematical lust III
mere the school will be located II fe
claimed by some that a point near IN
ashville would be most desirtbIe DC
lille on the other hand, CIarksvilla w,
a strong contender At one line PC
e citizens of that town made the
1st hattering offer to the school III
ey nave ever received, but for some
use 1t was not accented. Later Sc
'shville was decided on and proha- err
would have been successful had DR.
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