The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1912-01-27


York to Liberia by way of Europe,
second class, for $155, and by way
of MADEIRA, Canary Islands, for
$11O. Then, if one desires to make
the trip travelling third class it will
cost about $40 by way Of Madeira
and 800 by way of Europe.
Mrs. Charles Pervine has return
, cd from Dayton, o.
The sick-Bert Higgins, Charles
Holly, Rev. II. A. Stewart, Miss
Julia Pope.
Mrs. Maria Gratis, Of Cincinnati,
is visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Silas Martin.
Theodore Nicholas has accepted
the colored agency for this paper
and will make a re-canvas of the
city.
A card Of thanks-We avail our
selves of this method to publicly
! express our heartfelt gratitude to
Mr.. D. T. Matlack. the church. the
lodges and all friends, both white
and cOlOred for deeds of kindness
and words of sympathy in the I'M
timely death of Charles and Amanda
Morgan and Florence Johnson-The
Family.
A bill has been introduced in the
Legislature appropriating $4,000 to
enlarge the usefulness of the Ken
lucky Normal and Industrial Insti-
tute for colored persons and amend
ed by adding $1,000 for a trade
/ school. 3sk
Mrs. Rosie Jones died Wednesday.
Mrs. Alice Rucker has opened a
restaurant on West Washington
Il
street.
The negroes of the United States
in convention assembled asked Con-
gress for an appropriation to have
National Negro Exposition to COM
memorate his 80 years of freedom.
Congress made the appropriation
but not sufficient to successfully
carry out the project, so the Negro
| National Business League of Little
Rock, Ark, last year called it off,
| and Booker T. Washington request
ed the cOlOred people of the United
States to hold. state and county
celebrations of this historical event
Of the race. 1t has also been sug-
cested to ask the Legislature for an
appropriation to hold Il state expo
sition on the State Fair Grounds NJ
Louisville but nothing has been done
along this line. So we suggest the
holding of negro county seml-cen-
tcnnial exposition for about 10 day.
and nights or two weeks i'll one OF
our large warehouses to demon
strate the progress that has been
made in half century of freedom.
Some noted speaker should be en-
paoyed to make the emancipation
address on the opening day. The
building can be well lighted and
beautifully decorated: the rights
will sell for good profits and If tins
is made a charity object-for the
colored ward of the proposed hos
pital every white and colored person
in Clark county will attend. The
county and city both would doubt
less make a modest contribution to-
ward this laudhable enterprise. The
spacious room can be divided off IN
departments and booths, where ag-
riculturai. garden. stock, poultry.
i trades. domestic. schools, old relies.
photos of homes, churches and Il
thousand and one things will be on
exhibition to demonstrate the prog
| ress that we have made in 30 years
This year is the 50th anniversary OF
the Emancipation Proclamation Is
sued by Abraham Lincoln. which
freed 100000 Of our people.
The Lincoln Is the appropriate
name that George Brothers have
adopted for the theater that they
are building on North Maple street
for colored people. We are asked to
say to the public that nothing but
the very best of order will be OBJ