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PROFESSIONAL WORLD,
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$1.50 Per Year in Advance.
COM." TKIA, MISSOURI, FRIDAY, MAR. 21, 1902.
VOL. I. NO. 20.
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THE OLD SOLDIER TALKS.
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Says He Does Not Believe
White Teachers Being Em
ployed in Negro Schools.
Jefferson City, Mo., Mar. 15, 1902.
Quite an interesting discussion
took place in the Monroe House
office tonight while a number of
persons were waiting to hear who
had been nominated on the two
city tickets. Among those gather
ed was an old soldier who did not
seem to be so much interested in
the result of the two conventions
as in other things. "1 never
thought," said the old soldier,
"that when I gave twenty dollars
T.a1 4-..-4- 41..1 1 1 i- -,rt,1rt I
BMU. uuttl .uuuui uui ,uuu Lincoln institute
pointing to jancoin institute j muu
1 was helping to start a school
where white teachers would be hir
ed to teach instead of colored ones
Yon see it was jes like this, we
had jes got back from the war and
had all been set free and thought
it. wmild be n. nice thini? to have a
Kr..wi fnr nnr w and riris to Don't forget the grab sale
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learn to read and write. And a lot at "nan oc uui xvy s, aii
of ns got together and each one 2nd.
decided to give all he could and Miss Mildred Williams returned
when we got our mites together we to Lincoln Institute Sunday
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naa over six tnousana aoiiars. we A n,uBV p no.v naoa nf -.noil
rented a building which then stood nox reDOrted in the citv
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City Notes.
Miss Lucile Smith is still sick.
Wait for the grab sale at
Gilman & Dorsey's, Apr. 2.
Mrs. Ellen Dozier is on the sick
list.
Miss Mary Johnson is on the sick
list.
Just received a new line
of walking skirts at R. F.
Rogers.
Mrs. Sallie Williams i? on
sick list.
Mrs. P. C. Crews is slowly
proving.
Mr. Slater Logan is home from
Seed potatoes at Ben M.
Payne's.
Miss Elnora Pitts arrived from
St. Louis Sunday.
All the churches are preparing
for Easter celebrations.
v - Souls.
O, restless souls of men, pent up
Iu clayey Bhells on earUi
Like prisoners there within, have
liv'd,
And loug'd and pin'd since birth.
Unhappy spirits, they, bound up
In painful clayey moulds,
Are subject to the toils and snares,
And ills and griefs untold.
While in these wretched troubles
hurl'd,
They cry for their release ;
Thev're loneine for sweet free
dom's sphere,
They want to dwell in peace.
They love the homeland of the soul,
They hate this dusty den,
They want to join their wondrous
whole
And quit the walks of men.
They're roused by music's softest
strain,
By poet's sweetest lay,
To try to break the co.rds in twain,
Which keep them bound in clay.
O, upward, swift and sure they'd
fly!
Were't not for earthly weights,
They're ever struggling towards
the sky
From things they loath and hate.
0. M. Shackleford.
COLUMBIA'S NEGRO
PAYERS.
TAX-
on the hill overlooking the base
ball park, and opened school. We
hired white teachers then because
we didn't have many teachers
Miss Ida Farris has about recov
ered from her recent illness.
Rev. J. A. Grant left Wedues-
They Pay One Twenty-fifth or
4 Per Cent, of The City's
Taxes.
According to figures compiled by
It. L. Withers, tlie total taxes paid
by the colored citizens of Columbia
last year was about 4 per cent, or one
twenty-fifth, of the total taxes of the
city of Columbia. He finds that
they own property assessed as follows:
Real estate $54,630.00
Personal 23,425.00
ANOTHER LANDMARK GONE. May Have Government Building.
among the colored people and was day for Louisiana, Mo., to attend
the onlv thine we could do. but af- the annual conference of the M. E
ter we got to having as smart black church.
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men as whim men, we nirea coior- Garden seeds of all kinds in
edteachers." "But you have some buik Gr packages at Ben M.
wmie leacners mere, remarKcu a pyne'S
listener. "That is ies the nint."
, nA Minr .vnn ee Fo- Master Otis Moore, who is at-
ter the fW. r,reHiW of that tending school at Lincoln Institute
school, was a white man and he will spend Easter with his mother,
made a good one, but when he left
they hired all colored teachers, till Rev. II. I. Jones arrived Satur-
I'age worked the legislature and day from Olean and is conducting
trot that Industrial School, then a verv successful revival at the
they needed a man to superintend
the shops. They hired a man who
was a graduate of an industrial
school and he died and they got
another white man, but he didn't
Second Baptist church.
Just received a new line
o walking skirts at R. F.
Rogers.
Rev. II. I. Jones will preach at
Fulton Notes.
March is doing her share iu the
wind line. She has also given us
a good rain.
Prof. J. T. Castom, M. D., and
congregation were expecting Rev.
Williams to help in a protracted
effort and were shocked to learn of
his sudden death.
exactly suit and they let him go, the geoond Baptist ehupoh Sunday
and don't you know they hired a
blacksmith at the head of them
shops? Yes sir, a blacksmith, and
gittin $1200 a year, too, he is, and
they needed an assistant teacher in
that department and they hired an
other white man. Now the pint I
want to make is this : Now that is
a school for colored people and the
teachers should be colored. We
can find plenty of colored teachers
to teach that shop work and that
board ought to get 'em." Just
then the delegates to the conven
tion came in and everybody began
discussing the tickets just nomi
uated, and the old soldier went
home, but said he had more to say
about the matter soon
Grab sale at Oilman &
morning and evening. Subject for
Sunday morning, "God's Mysteri
ous Handiwork."
Seed corn and seed pota
toes at Ben M. Payne's.
Rev. Low, a student of the State
University, will preach at the Sec
ond Christian church Sunday after
noon at 3 o'clock. Everybody is
invited to be present.
The ladies of the Christian
church gave a social at the church
Monday evening and a neat little
sum was realized oy tne enort.
The ladies are especially thankful
to Mr. Taylor Wilson for his gen
erosity and patronage and would
that there were more such young
men.
Just received a new line
Dorsey's, April 2nd. from of walking skirts at R. F.
25c to $20. Value received Rogers.
for everything you draw.
Lost.
Somewnere between tne resi
dence of Blind Boone and that of
Mrs. A. B. Moore a left hand
black undressed kid glove j return
to 305 N. 5th st. and get reward,
Notice.
All person who are interested: in
the success of The Professional
World will show the same by pat
ronizing the business men who ad
vertise in these colums.
Notice of Annual School Elect! m.
Notice U hereby given to the quail fie-1 voter
and tax-Da vioir citizeus of the Coluiubii School
District, township No. 48, range No. la and 13,
vouuiy ui ouuuc, oiuic ui ivunsuuri, mtu tne an
nual School election of aaid district will be held
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TUESDAY THB 1ST DAY OP APir,, :90a,
commencing at y o'clock, a. in., an 1 among
other things specified by the law, the following
will he nronosed for consideration 1
tat: the election of two directory to serve
three years,
and: To increase the annual ratet f taxation
(which W40C) 15 cents on the fioo valuation
(or school purposes, making the tot.ll levy (or
malutaimug scnoois 03 cents on tne ,1100 vulua
lion. jivu, l,. nHJNKY, secretary,
This 14th day of Marco, lyoa. ; jw
Mrs. Margaret Akers conducted
a very entertaining prlgramme at
the M. E. church Monday evening
Every selection was highly appre
ciated by the audience. The pro
gramme consisted of well prepared
musical selections rendered in the
form of duets, solos, quartetts and
choruses. Only ladies appeared
on the programme.
Get prices on nay, corn
and oats at B. M. Fayne's.
Kev. J. A. Grant closed a very
successful year's work as pastor of
the M. E. church last Sunday.
Mrs. II. A. Clark conducted a song
service at 3 o'clock p. in., to
good audience. I lie programme
was interspersed with remarks by
the following members and friends
of the church : Mr. Matt Douglass,
Mr. Burrie Diggs, Mr. Edward
Brown, Prof. J. P. Washington,
and the editor of the Professional
World.
Miss Myrtle White, the guest of
Miss Anna Evans, returned to her
home at Auxvasse Monday. She
made many friends.
Rev. J. M. Harris will leave this
week for conference at Louisiana.
We hope he will be sent back
where he and his wife have made
so many friends.
R. A. Henderson, of Meharry
Medical College, Nashville, Tenn.,
stopped off here on his way to his
father's in Guthrie, O. T. He will
return in the fall to Meharry where
he has just completed creditably
and hoi. v:bly a 2-years' course in
raediciiu
It seei, hat small pox was
about gone b: . ;t has returned to
make a few more of its unwelcome
calls.
We are glad to see Mrs. Jennie
Sims out after her long illness.
Mrs. Henry Minor, of east Ful
ton is convalescent. We are glad
to know of her improved condition
Tie-loading is not progressing as
railroad company would prefer.
Men are too scarce. The pottery
wants hands.
Miss Beatrice Scholl is expecting
her grand-mother, Mrs. Martha
Arnold, who was a resident here
some time ago, and her many
friends will be glad to see her.
The Garth-Burton concert com
pany did not appear at the M. E.
church Friday evening.
Fulton ladies are like ladies of
other places ; they do not like to be
seen in work clothes.
Last Monday gardening was the
feature of the hour; to-day fire is.
Hallsville Farmers Fight.
W. W. Anderson, near Hallsville,
was clown Tuesday to see Prosecut
ing Attorney Murry and to make
complaint against his neighbor Luth
er Johnson, who will be tried before
Justice McMinn next Monday on a
charge of assault and trespass. The
trouble came up In this ways Mr.
Anderson found Mr. Johnson's hogs
in his (Anderson's) field, put them
up, and sent Johnson word to come
and get them and pay him damages.
Johnson went to the premises, took
the hogs out without permission, and
was driving them home, when An
derson Interfered and a fight result
ed. Mr. Anderson received several
bruises about the head and face,
hence the law suit.
Total 78,055.00
The total taxable wealth of the
city is about two million dollars
Some of our colored cit izens are well
fixed In property and money, while
the majority are not so well to do
Below are the names of all the col
ored persons in Columbia who pay
taxes on more than $-'100 worth of
real estate; they have, besides, some
personal property. There are In ad
ditlon to those mentioned about 150
who own real estate below $300:
Tom Jones $ 400
Sarah Epperson 325
Alex Hicks 550
Tom Ridgway 2,825
Bart Akers 2,925
John Jiang 1,925
John W. Boone 2,400
Geo. Richardson 500
Ella D. Richardson 300
Alex Kimbrough 350
Martin Hurd 450
Chas. Boyle 525
Harriet Turner (550
Eli.a Kates 450
Henry Williams 350
Marion Thomas 850
Turner Doram 000
Beverly Chapman estate 500
Anna Fisher 325
Teresa Mack 300
James Brown 350
Sarah Willis 425
Frank McKlnney 425
Willard Turner 300
Lula Hobbs 400
Wallace Doram 2:
Charlotte Graves 400
Sally Knolley 425
Rube Knolley 825
Nelson McClane 800
Isaac Jackson 550
Tom Jones and wife 300
Harrison Diggs 326
Carey Gentry 350
Mrs. A. B. Moore 976
Anna Campbell 375
Anna L. Hicks 376
The Royall House on West
Broadway Burned Monday
Morning.
On Monday morning about five
o'clock fire was discovered in the
rear of the old Royall house at the
corner or Broadway and Seventh
street. It is claimed that the fire
originated in a shed just back of W.
D. Sitton's second-hand store. Mr.
Sitton, who carried no insurance,
claims that the building was set on
fire. Firemen also claim that the
odor of burning coal oil led them to
believe the fire was incendiary. The
high wind soon drove the fire
through the buildings and turned
Broadway into a sea of burning cin
ders. By hard work Chief Klingheil
and the fire department kept the fire
from spreading to surrounding prop
erty. The frame building on the
corner, known as the Newman prop
erty, was occupied by a barber shop
and restaurant for colored people.
The entire contents were burned.
This property was insured for $000.
The brick house known as the Royall
property, belonged to Mrs. G. C.
Broadhead and was partially cover
ed by $2300 insurance. Among those
who occupied the building were Bud
Creasy and wife, Mrs. Julia Acton,
and Jap Wlndmeyer and family.
The building was one of the his
toric landmarks of Columbia, having
been built in 1840 by George North
eutt and sold to the late Captain
John B. Royall on Christmas Day
of that year, It lias been the prop
erty of the family ever since that
time. It was in this house that Col
Swit.ler was married to Miss Mary
Jane Royall, sister of Mrs. Broad
head, on August 31, 1843.
The destruction of this building
makes room for another modern
structure in the center of Columbia,
and it will not be many months be
fore the corner, which is one of the
best In Columbia, will be thus occu
pied.
The committee on public buildings
and grounds, to whom Congressman
Shaekleford's bill for a nostofflce
building in Columbia was referred,
lias reported favorably on the bill,
changing the amount from $50,000 to
$35,000. It is thought the bill will
pass botli houses and become a law.
It includes similar buildings for oth
er Missouri towiiB.
Centralia Tragedy.
Centralia came near having a kill
ing this week. A difficulty arose
between two negroes and razors
flourished for some minutes. The
antagonists were Dan Johnson and
Larkin Tutt, the latter a preacher
and a son-in-law of Johnson. Tutt
received a gash on the neck four
inches long. On back of neck the
gash readied the bone and extended
around, though not so deep. The
jugular vein was plainly visible and
had the razor gone the least bit
deeper Tutt's life would have been
ended.
In Probate Court.
Estate of Grace A. and Ruby L
Pilcher, W. P. Pileher appointed
curator.
Estate of Mary Ann. Slack, New
man P. Starke appointed adminis
trator.
Estate of John Carlisle, order of
distribution of special legacies and
$1,000 ordered paid among residuary
legatees.
Ashland Bugle Notes.
Last Saturday was Dr. Sitton 's80th
birthday.
J. G. Day will make 200,000 brick
the coming spring and summer.
Miss Sallie Pierce closed a very
successful term of school at the Hay
don school house recently.
Mrs. C. D. Rice was hostess to the
Wednesday Club last week. Mrs.
Rice was voted a most gratious and
charming entertainer.
On April 1st, W. I). Morris will
succeed S. S. Griggs (resigned) at
the toll gate north of Ashland.
Fourteen years ago Mr. Morris re-
rigned as urate keeper and now goes
back to his old job.
Enlargement of the Trade Center
building is contemplated this spring.
It Is proposed to build a 60-foot ad
dition on the north to accommodate
a large stock of hardware, stoves and
implements. About 75,000 or 100,000
bricks will be used in making the
improvement, a,vt when completed
the Trade Confer building will be
the largest and most commodious
business house in the county.
Fire Near Woodlandville.
A frame house of 8 rooms belong
ing to James P. Wade, near Wood
landville, burned Sunday Mar. 16.
A total loss as to house and con
tents. Insurance $000. The entire
community sympathizes with Mr.
Wade in his trouble. The origin of
the fire is unknown.
Mrs. Mary A. Slack Dies Suddenly
About nine o'clock Saturday night
some one entered the room occupied
by Mrs. Mary A. Slack, at the Gor
don hotel and found her in a pros
trate condition, breathing with great
difficulty. A physician was sum
moned but he found her dead upon
his arrival. Mrs. Slack was in her
usual good health on Saturday, en
joying the evening with friends,
and eating her supper as usual
Funeral services were held at
Calvary Episcopal church, where
she held membership. Rev. H .P.
Horton conducted the burial service,
and the deceased was interred in
the city cemetery. Mrs. Slack was a
daughter of Newman B. Starke who
settled In Boone county, on the two
mile prairie, many years ago. About
thirty-five years ago she was mar
ried to Alfred Slack of Boonville,
eldest son of the late Squire John
Slack, prominent Boone county
pioneer. In 1882 Mr. and Mrs. Slack
again became citizens of Boone
county, locating 10 miles south-east
of Columbia and remaining there
until the death of Mr. Slack, which
took place several years ago. For
the past few months Mrs. Slack had
been living- at the Gordon hotel
where she died. She was a most
excellent woman and leaves a host
of friends. Among surviving rela
tives Is Newman P. Starke, of Boone
county and Anthony Starke of
Nebraska, her brothers, George
Dyson of Columbia, Edward and
Dunbar Dyson, nephews.
Sidewalk Built in a Night.
The old proverb that "all tilings
come to him who waits was con
firmed again Saturday night, when
Brownies built a good side wiilk on
Ninth street leading to the Univer
sity. It was built without the noise
of saw or hammer. But next morn
ing it was noticed that a good plank
walk was missing from Locust street,
few' blocks away. Now, if the
same good Brownies (who probably
attend the University) would supply
this deficiency, the city fatheis
would meet and pass an ordinance of
thanks.
Petrified 'Possum Tail.
While getting out rock for the
furnace of a sugar camp at his home
5 miles northwest of Columbia last
week, C. E. Wilcox found a rare
geological specimen. Iu the center
of a limestone rock was imbedded
the curled tail of a very large opos
sum, well preserved and allowing
plainly every detail of that impor
tant member. The length was
about 7 inches, the size indicated an
animal weighing about 12 pounds,
the curl was as natural as life, and
the hide in thickness, texture, color,
etc., left no doubt as to the Identity
of the once happy owner of the tail.
Only one question remains to be
answered by the scientist what
become of the oppossum?
Former Columbians.
Shawnee, Ok., March 15, Mr. and
Mrs. Peter Dunbar, residents of this
city, to-day celebrated their golden
wedding anniversary. A large num
ber of friends and relatives were
present. The couple were married
half a century ago in Bourbon Coun
ty, Kentucky. Four years later they
took up their residence at Columbia,
Mo., and from thence to Carroll
County, Missouri. In 1879 they
moved to Texas, and from there,
five years later, to the Indian Terri
tory. Eight years ago they became
citizens of Shawnee. Mr Dunbar's
grandfather was a Revolutionary
soldier and belonged to Wash
ington's army. Elev en children
were born of the union, nine of
whom are yet living.
Lady Superintendent.
Prom the Ashland Bugle.
Miss Laura Olds is superintendent
of Sunday School of the Christian
church in Ashland. The superin
tendency of a Sunday school is a dis
tinction that perhaps no other young
lady in the state enjoys.
Marriage Licenses this Week.
Hermann Hesse and Lizzie Straat-
mann, Boone county.
E. C. Bratton and Katie Mills,
Youngers.
Aubrey Preston Stidham, Harris-
burg, and Etta Lee Foley, Perche.
George W. Ankrum, Boone couity,
and Miss Mary Anderson, Audrain
county.
Garrett Llttrell.of Audrain county,
and Georgie P. Matthews, Randolph
county.
William Hiram Cowden, 21, and
Grace F. Coons, 16, Columbia. The
bride's father, Richard Coons, gives
his consent.
Tuesday Club Notes.
Quite a pleasing programme in
which history, art and literature
played important roles, was the pro
gramme of th is week for the Tuesday
club. Illness of some and absence
of others to whom the subjects had
been assigned somewhat marred the
occasion. The subject, Joan of Arc,
is always a rich motive in the world
of art as well as history. Painters
and sculptors have spent their genius
on the theme without realizing Its
simple grandeur. Mrs. John Bur-
russ presented this striking feature
of the fifteenth century in a very ex
cellent paper which received much
pleasing comment. Mrs. Poor,
whoso intelligence and amiability
graces all occasions, kindly supplied
trie missing milliners or the pro
gramme by a sketch of each. "The
new conditions and new learning"
which resulted from the martyrdom
of "Joan of Arc" as well as from the
"Hundred l ears' War," also charac
ter sketches of "Jean De Jolnville"
"Jean Froissart" and a short review
of "French art of the fifteenth cen
tury" eacli were ably discussed.
The annual election of o trice re
which takes place April 29 is an ani
mated prospect in the club.
Street Improvements.
Believing perhaps that the town
authorities and the owners of the
property abutting on South Ninth
street, opposite Messrs. Elwang
and Grihble would not Improve the
side walk and thus lift pedestrians
out of tiie mud, on Saturday "the
boys" (whoever they are) actually
moved about 160 feet of plank west
from the street on the north of J. A.
Hudson's and laid it on the east
side of Sixth and covered the 160
foot mud spot so as to keep the May
or and City Council from soiling
their boots as they walked along
there.
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