Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-08-29
County Schools.

tne SouHLy oup'riDLeHucQt
TO the people Of tie County of Alexandria,
At tLc ILquest ul the equity Scno B,s-d
lay before you the following statement If :ctGn
affairs for the year ending July 3lst, 1876
There were In the entire county in June. ls-5
three hundred and nineteen white and i've hur
drcd and lightweight colored persons br.wee,
the ages OF SIX and sixteen. Daring the schon
session which has Just closed one huDd ed ~
ninety nine of the former and three hundred
and tive of the latter attended school Brsid..
these, there were three white and thir.y.eiqpt
colored children under six, and twenty ,h-a..
white aid thirty eight colored persons over six.
teen on the rolls, making totsl OF six hundred
and fifty six, from which deducting sixteen who
attended more than ore school and are Therefore
enrol ed twice. we have six hundred and fo..v
persons who received some education.
Ihls Il great improvement upon the nss.
but 1t Is not all that we have right to expe,;
! he census returns Of the same year shos L.
that OILY eight persons were attending schov.,
el ewhere, and W. may therefore, infer thu,
about one third OF the white and almost one h.,t
of the colored children who should have been s.
school We're not there. Wnen you consi Ter ths.
these children, thus growing up without know.
edge, are to BIZ voter. and Jurors in the near IL.
ture, you will see the importance Of at.enGinxto
the matter in time. 1t is, no doubt, true tina!
the poverty OF many parents requires the labor
OF their children at An early sYe, bu! surely IN
winter, when there is no work to be doae, time
might be spsred for attendance r; school
There are nine schools in the county. four TO-
white and fve for colored children. | d. no:
think that any Child would have TO walk llo;e
thar two mites TO get to school AMI in many
cases. you have school houses vi your Very
doors. These school b uses are, for the mos.
part, very comfortable, and the district board.
have provided very good teachers, b2tn white
and ,lorcd. The schools are kept open sInJ.t
eleven months OF twenty school iays or from
September until July-longer than in anv otGc-
county in the State. The average number On
the scuool rolls is only four hundred and scv-.
ty-one hundred and fifty two white and threr
hundred and eighteen colored. This is due
probably, to the tact that the services OF nsay
OF tn Older Children ar required ut home dGr.
ing portion o! tie year; bu. the IT,. tlst II
the average enr !mcnt only three iourths Of thr
white and not quite III rec t3urlhs Of the COLI ed
| pupils are in tendance on average. il no.
c-editable. When y child is 1t school nothing
but the most urgent Necessity should interior"
with liz attendance, for # one day is lost in TN.
week grd two in that the connection between
lessons is lost, snd very little improvement. cab
be INSIDE.
TAXATION AND EXPENSES.
The report of your excellent County Treasure.
shows that there Wos Il balance 1T the beginning
Of the year TO the credit o. Jefferson district
S241 50 The sam Of ) '49 WAS received from the
State wnd $96 from the county school levy nj ::
cents OF. tnc ; OO, while the distrc. levy ii !"
cents on the 500 produced 1871 So Thu. the
sum %! 81 ~ % was ht the disposal OF the t~0..
tees. I'll this they paid Sl,033 80 Tor salaries
teachers 81 .9o for repairs. rent, fuel, book,
, and Contingent expenses; Sl3 ~ for salary o:
clerk and S9l tt for trca$urGrs commissions
snd there remains in the treasury to the crei.
of the distric! the sum OF S45j W.
Arlington district had balance of S6s3 %
the State apportionment amounted TO Spl+; he
county tx yielded $40 AMI the district schoo!
lew ., - cents On the SltW ) j41 Il !; ~ \.
81 92& -
This district paid teachers 81 437 80, exp.nIe..
for maps, globes, &c, "a 10; Tor epa:r,, Ia,
fuel, books ard contingent expense $50 81;
paid the clerk for cier!ca. and other SERVICE
Sis 81 and the treasurer commls>I"ns amour.
ing to ) l43 o. There Is balance in The trca>
ury Of S9Ul. &c.
Washington district had no balance NJ the BE-
ginning OF the year. The State appor!!onm"nt
Welded SlSl the county sou - ald the district
tax of t. cents on the 500 S9i5.9l; r total %!
81. - Of this SS6I.5 WAS paid TO toscter>
5 - - Tor repairs. rant, !uri, book, and cDnI
gent expenses, and SSS.1l Tor trcnsurer's com.
missions. &c, leaving - Dsi ancc o. S,o,,I
Th" entire expenses OF educ"tlon IN the county
WAS 81 iS9 81 bcing but "a cents month ior
each pupil enrolled. The average for the coun.
ties OF the State mot including cities, N wh!c@
the expense Is gronler,) WAS last year - cents,
OF n".!i - twenty-five Der cent more. OnT aA
| countics- ccomac, Carroll, Floyd, Graysoh.
| Lee and Pstrick- educate mole cheapy Ana
| they are in al! sections OF tn" State ~ whica
tesc hers can board rates less than halt. p1h-
| abiy, than can be afforded among you. The
statement basel ~ it Is on the annual repor! e.
! the SUPERINTENDENT OF Pub ic Instruction. vii
| prove - you thst the trust United t. The
school officers WAS most carefully and aconotai-
cally administered, and that they deserve yo"'
confidence. BY my advice, they Are saving
money TO build scnou! houses, " renting ls u!
the end, far more expensive, rs it's c~f..ln ~
less convenient In this connexlon, !c. mo urge
upon yau the great ImpDrt.nco oi having B"d
graded .,nUul 1t some central point Whcr" } a'.'
older children can be Instructed ~ the hIs".'
branches. Tho cost, after the school house!
erected. would be very little, If any, grc"JF
than under the pres nj arrangement, ahd thor"
= realiy nothing but neighb"rnood rivalry 10
prevent tho execution oi the scheme
NUN L YMEST OF TaNE-.
In country !Kr ours, where ~. have r1I".
rights, All shru'd be willing To bc"r Their annF'
OF he pubic burdens. Now, in addition
to tho tax on property, poll TT. "i one u"I''
is charged TO each man to assist III k""p'hE W
the hcolS. : report from the treasurer, daI"i
JantI"ry !st 1876 shows that III 1911 .hr!" were
- y mite and 80 coiorrd mex, Il" Jefferson '''I
trct OF these. I'll white men AMI - o'i"'c.
men pad the tax and Ii white nrn and b co',
ored men did not Arlington ind I2iwht" 80
al cv!o9cJ NEE; IA white moi. alI - c",'F"d
men ps. tie INK and 3 white mel! had l1L cor
ST white lncn and - colored men ware use!
in Washington ~ white men and n co.1fe'
,lcn paid, and 80 white men and - c".o?cd He"
did not
II ~! thcrt: were 81 white Lacn who isil 49,
80 .rh,. d ii rot, ~! > co"rcd men wa pas!
.nd 2l3 aho did aOt. AT til. coming ei"c'!"1i
AL ume nd G.cnt Oi tne ,ou.tt 4tInn l. u % '"t
rL which, f rnrri j. wi! either force th:s ~
:ncn = nrp the ~ /" support th' =cM"o', -
prryc:t them from v"tin5 Ii ia w.. lou VIZ.
also be Gu led upon to vote on me- dl-tf'tt 80
proposed by the district school boards II YOU
wait Jour schools sept open rom SepI''ho''
July, rs hrre., 70 e, three !our.hs o. J""' q"
cast in each district mast V :" /" iHNor 81. 'N'
TAX. RICHARD - ia
-up: Of -cAooIs'
Alexandria, Angus. ZJ.h $50.
TIE LATE Mrs. +. l.. SMITH, .jE Ms
,Jauuic Suthcrin Smith, vile vi tfa"c'' L,V
Smth, jr., and only child OF Mai, "l'iIam l.
Suhcrlio, did 10 this city Friday m'Fh'1S'
Aug. %, 1876, after an lllucs- VI i"' "''"
"a. FIt. I