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"Alcorn catalog page",,"Catalog page showing trustees of Alcorn University",,,,"Alcorn University",,1873,,,,,,,,,"Alcorn University",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Board of Trustees.
Rev. Hyram R. Revels, D.D., President;
Hon. James J. Spelman, Secretary;
Col. Samuel J. Ireland, Rev. Jesse F. Boulden,
Hon. Ambrose Henderson, Hon. George F. Brown,
Hon. William H. Gibbs, Gen. William W. Dedrick,
Hon. Doctor Stites, Hon. Merriman Howard,
Hon. James J. Spelman, Hon. Robert Gleed.
Executive Committee.
George F. Brown, W. W. Dedrick, James J. Spelman.
Treasurer.
Robert H. Wood, Esq.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"alcorn university,boulden,gleed,henderson,m howard,spelman,stites",https://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/files/original/241d453b735e8a4e58ba5d7fd475f49a.PNG,Text,"Against All Odds: The First Black Legislators in Mississippi ",1,0
"Clarion-Ledger clipping",,,,,,Clarion-Ledger,,1875-05-05,,,,,,,,,"Alcorn State University; Howard, Merrimon, 1821-; Boulden, Jesse Freeman, 1820-1899; Truhart, Harrison H.; Stites, Doctor",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Is the Late Treasurer of Alcorn University a Defaulter?
EDITORS CLARION: ""Quidnunc"" in his communication of last week raises the question, why ""Colonel"" Sam Ireland does not turn over that $35,000 to the lawful Treasurer of Alcorn University? He shows very clearly that the injunction cannot and does not apply to the office of Treasurer, and that Sam. Ireland is liable to prosecution for not complying with the law and turning over that money. If then the injunction does not affect the office of Treasurer, how does Ireland avoid complying with the following sections of the new law:
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the office of Treasurer of said University be abolished, and hereafter the State Treasurer shall be ex officio Treasurer of said Institution, and as such shall have the custody of all funds. etc.
SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of the present Treasurer of said University, and he is hereby required to forthwith pay into the State Treasury all unexpended balances of appropriations heretofore made, remaining in his hands, etc.
This Act was approved and went into effect March 3, 1875. Now for nearly two months this worthy ex-Treasurer has held in his unlawful possession and defrauded the State of $35,000, for which he is liable to indictment and imprisonment. Mr. Ireland's conduct in this injunction looks very queer, even to those who do not know what his real reason is for not settling. The old Trustee Board did not get out that injunction officially, for half of them condemn the proceeding unqualifiedly. Merriman Howard, Rev. Mr. Boulden, Mr. Truehart and Judge Brown, have all publicly condemned the injunction and Dr. Stites did not sanction it. Here then is a portion of the old Board, without a quorum, asking for an injunction in the name of the whole Board when half of the names to that injunction were forged. Everybody that knows anything about the case, knows that Ireland is at the bottom of the injunction, and it was to keep him from having to give an account of that money - which he has not got. Are the few members of the old Board, who sustain the injunction, aware that they are allowing themselves to be made the tools of one individual simply to screen him from the law? It is to be hoped that they themselves are not aware that there is something loose about the finances, or that they are screening a defaulter. But whether they are aware of it or not, they cannot escape public censure for allowing the State's money to be dealt with in this manner, and for attempting to defeat the express will of the people as declared by the Legislature. When the two Trustee Boards met here last week to affect a compromise and avoid litigation, why did Ireland hurry up to Jackson to defeat that arrangement? He surrendered the Superintendent's books to the old Board, but why did he refuse to surrender the Treasurer's books? Members of the Legislative Investigating Committee stated during the session that he could not produce the money. I have heard members of the new Board state the same thing, and they speak ""by the card."" It is not to be supposed that a master of the fine arts like Ireland will fail to manufacture and present to the old Board vouchers and receipts for moneys, supposed to have been expended, sufficient to cover his deficiencies and clear him from the charge of embezzlement. But if the new Board is allowed to settle with Samuel, he will undoubtedly be prosecuted. Ireland evidently will fight the new Board in the courts until he can make his settlement with a portion of the old Board, and it will be too late in the day for them to find fault with his accounts, when they themselves have just been dismissed for their incompetency. I should like to ask, Mr. Editor, whose duty or privilege it may be to bring action against Ireland for the recovery of the money to the State? Is it the duty of the State Treasurer now while the Board is enjoined?
Very Respectfully,
HONESTY.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"alcorn university,boulden,m howard,stites,truhart",https://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/files/original/7d517e2d2db178d25cabfd7923319812.PNG,Text,"Against All Odds: The First Black Legislators in Mississippi ",1,0
"Clarion-Ledger clipping",,,,,,Clarion-Ledger,,1875-05-19,,,,,,,,,"Stites, Doctor; Alcorn University",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"It was charged by a correspondent of THE CLARION that the injunction applied for in the name of the former Trustees of Alcorn University to prevent the late law in relation to the University going into effect, was bogus; and that a majority of the old Board did not give their consent to the proceeding. The charge is confirmed so far as Doctor Stites, one of the members of the old Board, is concerned. He has published a card in the Pilot stating that he ""had no part nor lot in the injunction gotten out by a part of the old Board against the new Trustees."" The question is, who was guilty of the fraud?",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"alcorn university,stites",https://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/files/original/7f58dafa7c8ddf6faed35cd6a71095c5.PNG,Text,"Against All Odds: The First Black Legislators in Mississippi ",1,0
"Hinds County Gazette clipping",,,,,,"Hinds County Gazette",,1871-06-07,,,,,,,,,"Alcorn University; Revels, Hiram R. (Hiram Rhoades), 1827-1901; Henderson, Ambrose; Lynch, John Roy, 1847-1939; Spelman, James J.; Gleed, Robert; Howard, Merrimon; Boulden, Jesse Freeman; Stites, Doctor",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"ALCORN UNIVERSITY. Our late learned Legislature, just before its final adjournment, passed an act creating a new university, to be supported by the State, like the one at Oxford, for the education of the negroes of Mississippi, and, in honor to the Governor, gave it the name of ""Alcorn University."" So far as we can learn, the Legislature did not fix upon a location for the institution, deferring that, possibly, to the Board of Trustees. The parties appointed to take the enterprise in charge, are named thus: H. R. Revels, president; and S. J. Ireland, A. Henderson, J. R. Lynch, J. J. Spellman, Robt. Gleed, A. D. Jones, M. Howard, S. F. Boulden, Thos. Richards and Doctor Stites, trustees. The institution will no doubt afford another splendid opening for a prodigal waste of the money of the State, and afford fat salaries for a large number of carpet-baggers who are anxious to be quartered upon the tax-paying people of Mississippi. The trustees named are to meet for business on the first Wednesday of July ensuing.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"alcorn university,boulden,gleed,henderson,howard,jr lynch,revels,spelman,stites",https://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/files/original/6d3886ee50f07ee300f0d989182f9953.PNG,Text,"Against All Odds: The First Black Legislators in Mississippi ",1,0
"Macon Beacon clipping",,,,,,"Macon Beacon",,1871-07-22,,,,,,,,,"Alcorn University; Revels, Hiram R. (Hiram Rhoades), 1827-1901; Lynch, John Roy, 1847-1939; Boulden, Jesse Freeman; Henderson, Ambrose; Howard, Merrimon; Stites, Doctor",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"THE STATE.
ALCORN UNIVERSITY. A meeting of the Board of Trustees of Alcorn University was held in the Governor's office on Thursday. Present, Senator Revels, Hon. John R. Lynch, Hon. J. F. Boulden, Hon. A. Henderson, Hon. M. Howard, Dr. Stites and Col. Ireland. A committee of three, consisting of Messrs. Stites, Lynch and Ireland, were appointed, with full power to purchase a site and buildings, and to do whatever may be necessary to put the University in complete running order.
The following gentlemen were elected Professors:
John G Mitchell, of Georgia,
Lawrence W Minor, of Kentucky,
John Blackburn, of Ohio.
M. Howard was elected Treasurer of the Board.
The presumption is that the University will be located in Adams county, and an effort will be made to get it in operation by the first of October, next, even should it be necessary to rent some suitable place temporarily.
The Trustees are all competent and thorough going business men, and they will, in time, make Alcorn University one of the first institutions of the kind in the South. [-Jackson Leader.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"alcorn university,boulden,henderson,jr lynch,m howard,revels,stites",https://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/files/original/466e472271d073c4a40741b856e789ad.PNG,Text,"Against All Odds: The First Black Legislators in Mississippi ",1,0
"Weekly Mississippi Pilot clipping",,,,,,"Weekly Mississippi Pilot",,1875-08-21,,,,,,,,,"Gray, William, 1841-1919; Ross, Jacob Allen; Stites, Doctor; Webster, John D., -1887; Horton, Gilbert, -1894; Washington County (Miss.); Political conventions",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"GREENVILLE, August 14, 1875.
To the Editors of the Pilot:
Pursuant to call, the Republicans of Washington County assembled at the court-house in Mass Convention. Hon. Wm. Gray called the meeting to order, and after explaining the object of the gathering, on motion, Wm. Gray was elected Chairman, and E. Stafford was chosen Secretary.
The Chair announced that the Convention was ready for business.
On motion of J. D. Werles, a committee of five was appointed to report names of suitable persons to represent Washington county in the Republican State Convention at Jackson, on the 25th inst., and in the Congressional Convention of the 4th District, at Canton, on the 20th - the same delegates to act in both Conventions.
On the retirement of the committee, Judge Stafford was called on to address the Convention, which he did in one of his best efforts, and which was well received, and had a marked effect for the union and harmony of the party.
The committee reported the following as delegates, which report was unanimously adopted: Wm. Gray, C. C. Shackleford, J. D. Werles, F. D. Webster, J. Allen Ross.
On motion, a committee of five was appointed by the Chair, to whom all resolutions were referred.
A committee of five was also appointed to report the names of twenty suitable persons as delegates to the county Convention from District No. 3, said Convention to be holden on the 13th of September, for the purpose of nominating candidates for the Legislature and county offices.
The following are the delegates reported by the committee, and chosen by the Convention: Wm. Gray, Andrew Johnson, C. W. Clarke, A. W. Shadd, A. G. Pearce, J. W. Piles, Doctor Stites, Richard Walbrow, Chas. Thomas, D. E. Young, Edmond Barr, Julius Landan, W. H. Young, Chas. Bell, J. D. Webster, J. Allen Ross, M. R. Pierce, G. W. Walker, Gilbert Horton, Robert Haynes.
The committee on resolutions reported the following, and after considerable animated discussion on a motion to strike out the 3d and 4th resolutions, the report was adopted:
Resolved, That we, the Republicans of Washington county, are opposed to anything that looks like drawing the Color Line in politics; that we regard it as destructive to the interest and prosperity of both races, and also of the State.
Resolved, That we will support no man for office but men who are honest and competent.
Resolved, That we condemn all disorderly conduct on the part of any citizen, and we hereby pledge the officers of the county our earnest support and assistance to suppress the same.
Resolved, That the Delegates to the Congressional Convention are hereby instructed to vote first, last, and all the time, for A. Warner for member of Congress from the 4th District.
Resolved, That the delegates to the State Convention are hereby instructed to cast their votes for M. L. Holland for State Treasurer, and C. W. Clarke for District Attorney, for the 11th Judicial Districts.
Resolved, That it is the sense of this meeting that Wm. Gray be the candidate of the Republican party of this county for Sheriff, and the delegates of this Beat be instructed to cast the vote of the precinct for him.
Resolved, That the Convention instruct for no other candidates for office, as there are many candidates for the various offices, and that they may all have an equal chance in the nominating Convention.
Resolved, That the thanks of this Convention be tendered to Hon. Wm. Gray, Chairman, and Hon. E. Stafford, Secretary, for the able and impartial manner with which they have discharged their duties as officers of this Convention; and that the proceedings of this meeting be published in all the Republican papers of this State.
The Convention was addressed by Wm. Gray, E. Stafford, O. C. French, C. W. Clarke, J. D. Webster, and others, in stirring speeches; and though great enthusiasm prevailed, the meeting was a model of good order and harmony.
On motion, the Convention adjourned.
WM. GRAY, Chm'n.
E. STAFFORD, Sec'y.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"conventions,gray,horton,ross,stites,washington county,webster",https://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/files/original/6d24809d7ec159be741e26130dffcbdd.PNG,Text,"Against All Odds: The First Black Legislators in Mississippi ",1,0
"Weekly Mississippi Pilot clipping",,,,,,"Weekly Mississippi Pilot",,1875-05-15,,,,,,,,,"Stites, Doctor; Alcorn University",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"CARD FROM DOCTOR STITES.
JACKSON, MISS., May 12, 1875.
To the Editors of the Pilot:
Having just arrived in Jackson, from my home in Greenville, on a summons from the Secretary to attend a meeting of the old Trustee Board of Alcorn University, I desire to make an explanation through your columns. As my home is situated at a considerable distance up the river, where current news is not easily obtained, I have known scarcely anything of the recent troubles existing at Alcorn University until my arrival in Jackson. Had not seen any official account of the action taken by the Legislature in relation to the University; had only heard of the injunction by mere rumor, and had seen none of the acrimonious correspondence that was published about the conduct of the old Board. I was not present at any of the meetings held by the old Board during the session of the Legislature, and I am just now made aware of the unhappy condition of affairs and of the public dissatisfaction with the management of the school.
In justice to myself I wish to state that I advocated a change in the management at our last commencement, but other counsel prevailed. I wish also to state that I have had no part or lot in the injunction gotten out by a part of the old Board against the new Trustees. I think it can be productive of no good to the University, but injurious in the extreme, as its influence has already resulted in the closing up of the school, and is fast driving away public confidence. I have no desire to defeat or oppose the expressed will of the Legislature as set forth in the new law. I regret that I did not comprehend the true state of affairs sooner; for I would most assuredly have prevented my name from being included in the injunction.
Hoping that the new Trustees may be enabled speedily to restore public confidence by their management, and bring success and prosperity to our University, I bid them a hearty ""God speed.""
Very respectfully,
DOCTOR STITES.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"alcorn university,stites",https://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/files/original/8cc6d34f016efc21e60cd946a1bed9e1.PNG,Text,"Against All Odds: The First Black Legislators in Mississippi ",1,0