Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 86, 21 February 1917 — Page 14

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 21, 1917

MOVEMENT STARTED TO REVIVE UNIQUE SCHOOL FOR NEGROES ESTABLISHED IN EARLY FORTIES

BY W. R. POUNDSTONE Back of a measure introduced in the state senate yesterday by Senator Walter McConaha of Wayne county, authorizing the appropriation of $10,000 of state funds for an educational institution for negroes, the doors of which were closed many years ago, lo-, rated in the southeastern part of Randolph county, bordering the Ohio state line and near the northern Wayne county line, is an interesting history, it was ascertained today. "This school was known as the Union Literary and Manual Training Institute for Negro Children. It was the by-product of the historical 'Underground Railway,' the avenue of escape for thousands of negro slaves, and was the first manual training institution for negroes established in the United States probably the first school of any kind devoted to the exclusive use of colored people," said C. R. Richardson of this city, a colored attorney. Want Institution Revived. Richardson and Joshua Allen, a white man, also an attorney, are the men who launched- the movement for the rejuvenation of the old institution. ' It Is stated that the McConaha bill is supplemental to the measure recently introduced by Senator English authorizing the appropriation of $25,000 as an endowment for a manual training institution for negroes, this bill not specifying, however, the location of Such an institution. The McConaha measure provides that such an institution be maintained , on a tract of 172 acres in Randolph county, dedicated in ante-Bellnm days , for the use of such an institution, the donators, for the most part, being Quaker residents of Wayne and Ran

dolph counties who were the prime directors of the operations of the "Underground Railway." Land Mis-used For Years. In Introducing his measure Senator McConaha stated that this land has for. some time been used by certain persons who were not entitled to its use. This recalls the fact that not long ago Judge Theodore Shockney of Randolph circuit court summoned certain mm claiming to be trustees of the land grant to appear before him and render an accounting for the funds of their trusteeship. In 1902 two bodies of men, each claiming to be the legal trustees of the land grant and institution, appealed to Judge Fox of the Wayne circuit court to decide which body legally exercised the management of the property. Judge Fox refused to give of-

Today's Aid To Beauty

Hair is by far the most conspicuous thing about us and' is probably the most easily damaged by bad or carets treatment If we are very careful in hair washing, we will have virtually no hair troubles. An especially fine shampoo for this weather, one that brings out all the natural bfouty of the hair, that dissolves and entirely removes all dandruff, excess oil and dirt, can easily be used at trifling expense by simply dissolving a teaspoonful of canthrox (which you can get at any druggists) in a cup of hot water. This makes a full cup of bhampoo liquid, enough so it is easy to apply it to all the hair instead of just the top of the head. This chemically dissolves all impurities and creates a soothing, cooling lather. Rinsing leaves the scalp spotlessly clean, soft and pliant, while the hair takes on the glossy richness of natural color, also a fluffiness which makes it seem much heavier than it is. After a canthrox shampoo, arranging the hair Is a pleasure. Adv.

ficial recognition to either board of

trustees. .. , Failed to Follow Provisions.

It appears that the selection of trus

tees for a long period had never been in strict compliance with the provis

ions set down by the donors, these provisions being embodied in the charter authorized by the legislature

in 1848.

It is the hope of Richardson and Al

len that Randolph county's historic

negro school will soon be operating

again under state sponsorship and that it eventually will become the Tus-

kegee Institute of the North, a place

where negro boys and girls can learn useful trades and farming. The original school consisted of several buildings. Today one dormitory, the school house and a large barn are standing and in fairly good repair. The 172-acre tract on which the insti tution is located is in the center of one of the most unique settlements in the state, a negro colony formed jointly by Quakers and southern slave owners. Establish Unique Colony. In the early forties several slave owners, tradition relates, purchased small tracts of land in southeastern Randolph county where they established children who had been bonv to them by colored women slaves. Eventually a number of Quakers, among

them two prominent Fountain City men, Ebenezer Tucker and Levi Coffin, established fugitive slaves, brought North on the old "Underground," on small farms in this locality. Finally Ebenezer Tucker conceived the idea of providing a school for the children of these negro colonists, and the result was the founding of the first institution of. its kind in the United States. At the time this school began operations no state in the union permitted negro children to attend public schools. With the growth of the public school system the institution degenerated and closed its doors about twenty-five years ago.

89 ALLIED SHIPS SUNK BY WASPS

Comstock Speaks to South Siders

Captain Paul Comstock will deliver an address at the Washington birthday celebration of the South Side Improvement association at Beallview park Thursday evening. The Maennerchor will sing. The hours of the celebration will be from' 6 to 11 o'clock. No dance will be given and attendance will be limited to members. The celebration will not be a family affair, as originally announced. '

RIGHTS SUFFRAGE BILL GRANTS EXPLAINED TO LOCAL WOMEN

(By Associated Press) LONDON, Feb. 21. In the first eighteen days of February, the first lord of the admiralty Sir Edward Carson announced eighty-nine allied and neutral steamers of more than 1,000 tons had been lost, the total tonage aggregating 268,000. This was com1 ared with losses of fifty-nine vessels of 201.000 tons in the first eighteen days of December, and of sixty-five vessels of 1S2.000 tons the first eishteen days of January.

SELL ROAD AT AUCTION

(By Associated Press) ST. LOUIS, Feb. 21. The MissouriPacific railroad was sold at an auction today to R. H. Neilson and J. W. Holmes, of New York, for $16,151,000.

FILES DISSOLUTION.

Preliminary certificate of dissolution has been filed with the secretary of state by the Richmond Candy company. Managers of the company refused to make any comment upon the action stating that plans for the future are being kept secret .

A man who appealed at Egham tribunal said that, although passed ' for service, he had a short leg. "That will not matter," said the military representalve, "as the ground Is so uneven." Edinburgh Scotsman.

VOTERS ASKED TO SIGN PLEAS FOR MEMORIAL

When Richmond men go to the polls March 6 to vote at the primary election, they will be asked to sign petitions to the Wayne county commissioners and the county council for the immediate erection of a Soldiers' and Sailors' monument to be known as the Oliver P. Morton memorial statue in the northeast corner of the court house yard at the cost of $10,000 or $15,000. The memorial committee of the Women's Relief Corps in a meeting yesterday afternoon decided to follow the advice of the commissioners in getting a statue for Indiana's war governor, Oliver P. Morton, a native of Wayne county, by getting petitions with signatures of at least half the voters. A complete canvass of the county will be made. Poll books used in the fall election will be used as guides. The Relief Corps will hold a joint meeting with the board of commission-, ers and county council the first Monday in March to discuss details connected with securing the statue. The

petitions have been prepared for circulation. Plans for the campaign will

be furthered at a meeting of the corps

tomorrow afternoon in the G. A. K.

post room.

County commissioners wnen peti

tioned by half the voters of the county have the right to ask the county council for an appropriation for a Soldiers' and Sailors' monument which

will not cost more than $50,000.

' "Some of the safeguards which have surrounded married women in their property rights may be removed by the right of tJie franchise," said Wilfred Jessup in an address before the regular monthly meeting of the Richmond Franchise league last evening in the Commercial club rooms, the meeting being the largest that the league has ever held. Mr. Jessup further stated that he thought the right or women to vote would be found to be constitutional. Mr. Jessup eluciated, interestingly, the constitutional status of legislative measures and talked on the changed complexion of things . when women would vote. .' ' Points to Beneficial Influence. The. speaker stated that it had been shown in the states where women did vote that their influence had been very beneficial in municipalities. Mr. Jessup, who voted for Wilson, stated that Mr. Bryan pointed out to the Democrats in the Indiana legislature when speaking before that body recently, that it was the women in the suffrage states who elected Wilson and that Indiana Democrats should think of this when refusing suffrage to the women of the state. "I think , the women of the West showed very good judgment," said the speaker. Frank Strayer, recently elected

prosecutor and his deputy, W. O. Lewis, were called on for short talks, Mr. Strayer stating he was not originally in favor of suffrage but thaTne had been converted to that view by Mr. Lewis. . C. W. Jordan stated that he had always been in favor of woman's suffrage and pointed out that the only law that was not administered without regard to sex was the moral law, denouncing the double standard of morals which, he stated, women were largely responsible for. Miss Alice Hill, vice president of the league, presided in the absence of the president. Miss Florence King.

HOUSE ACCEPTS DRY AMENDMENT

(By Associated, Press) - WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. The Senate "dry bone" amendment to the postal bill prohibiting shipments of liquor into states which have prohibition laws, was accepted today by the House, 321 to 72. It Is accounted one of the most far reaching prohibition measure in years because it will make absolutely dry states which now permit shipment in limited quantities.

The Archduchess Frederick of Austria invested near 500,000 in a candle-making factory near Budapest.

MIUCK TO CONTINUE

PLANT'S OPERATION

It was learned today the Minck

Brewing company will not continue the manufacture' of alcoholic beer after the state goes dry even if the measure just passed "by the senate, permitting the manufacture of alcoholic beer in Indiana for shipment into wet territory, becomes a law. .' It is stated that the Minck company will continue operations after the prohibition law becomes .effective, but will manufacture de-alcoholized beer. It is anticipated that there will be a large demand for such products with the advent of prohibition.

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"THIRTY FEET FROM 8EVENTH STREET."

STARR PHONOGRAPHS AND RECORDS

Onm? FctoFeary Fniiriniiittiuire Sale IS FILLED with ABSOLUTELY RECORD-BREAKING VALUES This great value giving in the February Furniture Sale will flemonstrate, beyond all question (first) that Drum's Is the great furniture center, and (second) that genuinely good furniture can be bought here for less money than you have ever known.

Beds $ 7.50 Beds now $ 6.00 $ 0.00 Beds now $ 7.20 $12.50 Beds now $ 9.60 $15.00 Beds now $12.00 $18.00 Beds now $14.40 $20.00 Beds now $16.00

Dressers $15.00 Dressers now. . .$12.00 $18.00 Dressers now. . .$14.40 $22.50 Dressers now. . .$18.00 $25.00 Dressers now. . .$20.00 $28.50 Dressers now. . .$22.80 $30.00 Dressers now. . .$24.00

Chiffoniers $12.00 Chiffoniers . . . .$ 9.60 $15.00 Chiffoniers $12.00 $18.00 Chiffoniers $14.40 $20.00 Chiffoniers $16.00 $22.50 Chiffoniers . . . .$18.00 $25.00 Chiffoniers . . ..$20.00

Dining Tables

$14.00 Dining

$16.50 Dining $18.50 Dining $22.50 Dining $25.00 Dining $32.50 Dining $35.00 Dining $40.00 Dining

Tables. Tables. Tables. Tables. Tables. Tables. Tables. Tables.

.$11.60 .$13.20 .$14.65 .$18.00 .$20.00 .$26.00 .$28.00 .$32.00

Buffefs

$21.50 $25.00 $27.50 $30.00 $32.50 $35.00 $38.50 $40.00

Buffets now. Buffets now. Buffets now. Buffets now. Buffets now. Buffets now. Buffets now. Buffets now.

.$17.20 .$20.00 .$22.00 ,$24.00 .$26.00 .$28.00 .$30.80 .$32.00

Dining Chairs $ 9.00 Set of Chairs. . .$ 7.20 $12.00 Set of Chairs. . .$ 9.60 $15.00 Set of Chairs. . .$12.00 $16.50 Set of Chairs. . .$13.20 $18.00, Set of Chairs. . .$14.40 $21.50 Set of Chairs. . .$17.20 $24.00 Set of Chairs. . .$19.20 $28.50 Set of Chairs. . .$22.80

Davenports $32.50 Davenports ..'..$26.00 $35.00 Davenports . . . .$28.00 $38.00 Davenports $30.80 $40.00 Davenports . . . .$32.00 $45.00 Davenports $36.00 $50.00 Davenports . . . .$40.00

Rockers

$ 5.00 $ 8.00 $12.00 $15.00 $18.00 $20.00 $25.00

Rockers now Rockers now Rockers now Rockers now Rockers now Rockers now Rockers now

4.00 6.40

.$ 9.60 .$12.00 .$14.00 .$16.00 .$20.00

Library Tables

$12.00 $15.00 $18.50 $20.00 $25.00 $30.00

Library

Library Library Library Library Library

Tables. $ 9.00

Tables. $12.00 Tables. $14.65 Tables. $16.00 Tables. $20.00 Tables. $24.00

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"THIRTY FEET FROM SEVENTH STREET."

Ladies' Black Gun Metal Lace Shoes English last ; leather or Neolin soles and heels; regular $4.00, now

One lot of men's Tan Calf Lace Shoes, medium toe mostly small sizes; $5.00 values ; special

during sale

$2.95

$5 Values $3.45 Ladies', black kid Lace Shoes, long vamp, 8-inch top; special during Sale,

Men's Mahogany Calf Button or Lace Shoes Neolin soles and

heel; special during sale

Ladies' Brown Kid, English style lace

Shoes three-quarter

heel ; $5.00 value ; special during sale

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Extra Special Ladies genuine French hrnnze .side button

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