Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-08-08
Colored Celebration.

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In the morning quite a number
of colored people from variou:
parts of the county, came
in to participate. y process,
sion headed by the colored band
on float marched to the fail
grounds, arriving there about
eleven o'clock. The time was
passed in social amusements
till one o o'clock when Judge Nc
Adoo of the county court was
introduced and spoke briefly,
explaining the working of the
public free schools and giving
valuable information concern
ing the formation of school
communities, the appointment
Of trustees, teachers, etc, stat
ing that the appointment of
trustees would all have to be
approved by him, and that at
least two of them should ae
able to read and write sufficient
ly well to transact ordinary bas-
mess; that he would not 49,
ito one man on a bosy
could not read and writ
ded he had good sot
horse-serse. He remindu
that all teachers would be re-
quired ander the amelded law
to undergo thorough exSU.7
nation before they were permit
ted to teach. He said that I'M
der the new apportionment he
thought about So per pupil
would be the allowance for the
coming scholastic year, begin
ming September Ist next. He
said that last year children had
been entered on more than one
school community and that
should a child be entered on
more than one community this
year, the name of. said child
would be erased and it would
not be allowed the privilege of
school unless paid for. Some
men lodged assessment for the
purpose of evading the pay
ment of sI.5o or .s2.oo taxes,
when his children would be al
lowed s. each school money.
The dodgers, he thought ought
to be ruled out; he advised all
to come up like men and rem
der their property to the asses
sor.
Col. Giddings was next on the
stand. He thanked the colored
people for their invitation to
address them, stating that it was
the iyst time since the war that
he had appeared before col
ored audience by request. He
lauded their efforts in behalf of
the Sunday schools and said
that religion was the great edu-
Gator of the people; that pub
Is free schools were a public
blessing; that all the colored
children should avail themselves
of the benefits accruing there
from; complimented the color
ed people of this county for
their good conduct and refer
ring to the Kansas bushes"
said he could see no good rea-
son why the eolored people
here should want to change; that
colored men who had been in
dustrious and had taken care OF
their earnings were in prosper
Gus circumstances and fully as
well off as their white neigh
bors that the climate here was
adopted to the colored race;
that the white people of Kan
sas were a different class from
the southern whites; that the
climate was far different from
this and that their labor was
neither adopted to or wanted in
Kansas, but if determined to
go they had better provide
themselves with means before
going and sufficient to subsist
on after going. In his opinion
they were better og here, but il
determined to so, it was thei1
privilege as well as duty to dc
SO, if they thought it to their
interest, though some would
likely be sorry for going.
At the conclusion of Col.
Giddings' address our reporter
left. About two hundred and
fifty people were present and
the refreshment stands were
well patronized. A number ct
colored men made talks during
the afternoon and the entire az
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