The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-07-27
Letter from DanyilIe.
Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.]
rRgE.sCHooL ITEMs-PREMIUM TOBACCO SALE
PERSONALS.
DASy1LLE, VA, July "a, 1,

DANv1LLE, Va, July "a, 1874.
I left Mr.. Bintord yesterday evening exer-
cisng Mr.. Danes Teachers Association, at
Pittsylvania Courthouse, in the use of Wal.
tons tables for dictation exercises in arithme-
tic. There were present from time to time
during the session of the Association fifty.
tour teachers, and fifteen applicants for posi-
ton as teachers. During the year Mr.. Dame
has h d under his superntendences seventeen
schools for colored people, in which upwards
OF fifteen hundred children were enrolled. The
school for colored people at Danviile had
been admirably conducted by teachers origi.
ually from the Moth. At the head OF one
Of the country schools for colored people Mr
Dame had had graduate Of Hampden sgd
rey, and graduate of Washington and Lee
University ut the head Of another. The en-.
rollment of white children in the county for
the last session was over twenty-five hun
bred.
During the session of the Association some
amusing scenes were witnessed. The sing.
ing OF the multiplication table by Mr.. Laid
to the tune of Yankee Doodle, thing I'm.
heard Of amongst us up-country people, ex'
cited uproarious laughter.
ought not to dismiss my account of the
Teachers Association without remarkine
that the hospitality manifested by the people
of Chatham in entertaining the members
was after the olden fashion Of these people,
aud we all feel deeply grateful therefor.
A tobacco fair was held at one of the
warehouses to-day, OF which may give you
some items after the clerks have made out
their report.
A premium sale was held at one of the
warehouses on the 22d, an item or two OF
which may interest your readers. The
amount sold was 33,G26 pounds; amount
paid therefor, S12, 221.75; average, 1864.
The first premium. one set of wagon harness
valued at $40, was awarded to l.. K. Mitch
ell, of Alalnance county, N. c., for 1l2
pounds sold at S142 per hundred; second
premium, one gentleman's saddle valued at
S25, to w. T. Wilson, Person county, n. c.,
for 100 pounds at Sill !; third premium, one
corn-sheler valued at SIS, to NJ. r. Sartin,
Alamance county, n. c., for 105 pounds ut
500; fourth premium, one straw.cutter
valued at $40, to NJ. A. Hessee, Alamance
county, n. c., for 102 pounds at 800; fifth
premium, one Farmers Friend" plough,
S., to H. j. Murphy, Orange county, N. c.,
for 100 pounds at 800; sixth premium, one
" Farmers Friend" plough, &c, to Miss
Nancy Mitchell, Aamance county, n. c., for
230 pounds at $50; seventh premium, one
cultiYator, SC, to Mrs. Mary Vincent, Ala
nance county. N. c., for 100 pounds
at $50; eighth premium. one "premium
churn," S., to w. 81. Horton. Person
county, N. c., for 302 pounds at SS1; ninth
premium. one pair best horse.collsrs, S.. to
G. r. Maynard, Alamance county, N. c., for
los pounds at Ss1 tenth, one fine riding
bride, s., to II. F. Clark, Pittsylyania
county, Va, for 1O6 pounds at $50. The
first special premium for Tugs, $40, was
awarded to L. r. Mitchell, Alamanee, N. c.,
for LAG pounds at s4S; the second, So, to
Miss Nancy Mitchell, Alamance, n. c., on
TIA pounds at ZIG.
Rev. j. Fl. Lacy and Mrs. Lacy went to
Buchanan to-day and expect to remain there
several weeks.
Major r. l.. Ragand, of Halifax, was in
town to-day. A number of the tobacco
men of Lynchburg were also here.
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