Smyrna times., 1881-03-30
-THeMAs. wHOREENBURT. one of our aged
coIOred men died last week


-THeMAs wHoRTENBURT. one of our aged
colOred men died last week.
SCHOOL No. 3.-The following ia a brief
repurt of the condition Sf the Grammar
room of school, No. 3 for the school year
now closing.s Studies tausht.-Algebra,
ArIlhnieIir. Mental Arithmetic. Book keep.
10y, P':Dniamship. P Drnwing, Natural Philos
nphy, Descriptive and Physienl Typography;
iCtmp'SiiiOn and Rhetoric. English Gram
mar, United States and English History;
Recalling. spelling and defining. During
the year. no time has heen lost from the
regular work except legal holidays. 60
IMIIls have entered this room altogether.
38 male aud - female. On the part OF
Irrhaps 25 "f th,s' the attendance has
hsPn transient and irregular, leaving about
81 AZ regular sCh' lars, many Oi whom hAv-
made very regular and earnest attend |
ance.
SENT To JAIL FOR BREAKING AN AEM.-On |
saturday afternoon y"ung negro manr'i
Dick Evans CnInr IN from the country ami
."t hImSrlf warmed up ut II wh~k+y mill
He went from this to the horse hound
where 80 m INV gO t0 see the Texas InnI".
,nd was disposed To- he noisy and utfen
lively playful. lie finally came across Jun
| rhnrn wnnm he husGed aud finally trIrl'ei.
| throwing HIM Ia the ground. JIn, VINO l.
noted for having two much lip, III getting
| way from the yard used an offensive curse
word. Evans followed and struck him
III overland Llnw with u heavy hoard which
broke his arm aud would dnuntless have
fractured his skull h ,d it received the hln"
- intended. Seeing what he had done he
tartpd tut was pursued 10y c unstable Wei
| iAua n gh M cot ia.4Vnn ~
mill pond where he aa taken refuge. H.
vAs put in the Lock UP until Monday
morning when after hearing brIOrr Alder
ntH Rull he was committed to Ill III lie
fault of $500 bail for assault with intent t"
kill.
FORGER ARREsTEB-A man namel Geo
/. ParVIS presented at the National B INK
II Easton, Mi, lat November, - note for
$500 fnr di>cnunt. hearing the names OF
Irhn C"ppige. Frank Wright. Samuel W.
Walls and John Z. Chance. On maturing
L Was found To he skilliul forgery
Tn Thursday last. G unstable Jump went to
illllsborU for PArvis. hut found he had
skipped" He Captured him at Middle
town and brought hi'n down to Clayton
Shither he had driven with his carriage.
While at Clayton the officer left his priS
'nrr fSr few minutes, and when he re
a turnp the hir'l had Il Iwn. He had srcre
i | ,.i himself in the blade loft 0f the hOtp
4 ,tahlSs. The oficrr made 'lilligent search
Ir him, hut sO far unsuccrs>!uliy. Th.
prisoner after the officer lett the loft Wen
town and jumped into "a carriage lendrre,
II nIm nv u gentleman at the station an,
started across the country.
= Just rs IhR carring- drove off the office
= came around IL CORNER. AMI seeing his pri'
oner flying away at a full run offered $5 10
. horse. This soon brought him a ti-r
a animal, which he mounted and started il
Y. ,,ur>uit. run Of y mile or 80 brought hin
(. up with tue carriage, which he halted. an
1 exchanging places with the driver. took hi
prisoner back to Clayton. from whence h
carried him TO Csntrevile aRd lodged hir
k IN Jail.
ANNIvERsARY.-The coIored people ol
- .rrvrl the 18Th anniversary 0i the FIlteent
II. Amrndmrnt to the Constitution at til
Centennial Church last evening. I'll
church was appropriately decorated, CHI
III among which We're the pictures "f Wal
IN ngtOn, Lincnln, Douglass, Ellintt, &c. tt
Id w~ll.tran+.l choir of this church sang Sc.
~ "ral difficult anthems carving all the par
~ accurately hy note, the organiSt, Miss Pa
ID k"r, exhibiting very accurate knowledge
o. mus C. Rev. j. WilkShplms presided. ShO
addresses were matr by WuI. h. Bnnar
.Inhn II. Price, Wesley Pntt-, RrrSe II
b" tnh R.v. q. II. Waters. With the exec
rt ton nf the last. it was the maiden piinrt
IL the speakers, ami it must he said of thHr
ny though not III the hest lictinn. they sIInl
. To the point. and with occasional hunnro
w | Ivrr~Ibu$ in nllu'iInI tn their condition
E" the past AMI present IA race, the -I,ra<r
IL urged that they should IN Ike the hest
III their siiu iti,n. make Use nf every means
InrreAs. their knnwlr,lge. improve tnC
manners AMI morals AMI respect the,
o. selves and they wnulI command the
,hi spect Of others Thanks We're express,
- to the legislature fur at last r-cngnlzi
~ them hy v"tinY them 30 cts per head
Ho the education Of their children. Sever
D"i Of the speakers showed very accura
"a" knowledge of American history ia tra"i
IN the dealings with them ~ n race from 1
eh landing of the first slave ship in 1920
III J t,ne<tnwn. Va. nn down To the Prm'lau
ti0n Of En- IncilIHtinn. One of the SIIeH
era after the u~u Il apology Of want "f lii
OK and opportunity 10 prepare speech ~
IN that he would come ut Onc. to the paint
81" what he hn To say. viz: that they were
fXi material. Wonl, stone. clay or no 0ti
~" material was useful until it had hren h"w
u" cut. chiSeled or mOul led hv the r-thi
l>t. hand af knowledge. He said they were
n the same proves as any other mtteri
inh and in hand and head must he subject
ern the purifying AMI moulding hand of kno
hai edge If they wanted to De of any account
the