Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-26

finest horses in the country have been bred
right mere. Many of our farmers occasionally
raise and sell colt More have been sold
this winter than usual. Not a man can he
found that does not say he made large profit
on the expense Of raising. This morning we
had an interview with Hon. c. W Collins
eN-sherlH and exrepresentative of Mitchell
county In the LEGISLATURE sNIr Collins how
long since YOU turned your attention to rais-
ing horsesS Only about four years. Have
you made any sales this winterT' MY sales have
anleuhted 10 eight hundred dollars What
about the prOftsN They have been large.
Il Ou raise cotton. too, do yeu nOt| Yes, but
my stock raising would be much more profit
aDle II were to give II my exclusive atten
uOn.' Is there more money in ii than in cot
tOnr' a great deal. l am sure we can raise
as fine horses here and at as little expense as
anywhere. We have the soil and the climate.
Our horses are more healthy than those i'm
ported. All that Is needed to make il a pay
ing business is effort and attention. All that
have made any effort in this line talk Just
like Mr.. Collins. Horses are truck that finds
a market right at our door"
The following shows the condition of the
public schools of Talbot county from the re-
port Of the School Commissioners to the grand
jury Of the county at its recent session: There
have been taught for the county the fiscal year
ending the first Tuesday in December, 1882.
twenty-seven schools for the whites and thir-
teen schools for the cOlOred people. This num-
Der for the whites embraces children taught
in two schools in Taylor, one in Meriwether
and two in Marion county. Children for Tai
bot county were taught in one cOlOred school in
MuscOgee county. Into the twenty-seven
males and SO2 females, giving as total
white pupils 7l9. Into the thirteen COL
and 535 females; total colored pupils, 9S6
Total white and cOlOred, l,705; which gave, as
indicated by the public school reports, an av-
erage attendance Of l,l66.765. Pupils in or
biography in number were l,6Sl; reading,
1919; writing, s9l; English grammar, S5S;
geography, 3S2; arithmetic. $40. The school
fund for 1882 enabled the commissioner to pay
seventy-fye per cent. of the public school ac-
year were 4,255 40; paid out as per vouchers,
S4,o16 50, leaving balance cash on hand of
Sl1s So. \ census of the school population,
those between the ages of six and eighteen, In
the county, as taken by the commissioner for
last year. indicates the following: Number Of
whites, 1S4 males and ass females; total
whites, 1869; cOlOred males. 1901; females.
l,7l5; total cOlOred, 3,6l6; total white and col
Ored, sos.
The increase Ofthe value of property in Tai
bot county for the year 1882 over 1881 has been
Sl5,103 and the following interesting statistical
information Of the condition of the public
schools of the county we CLEAN from the gen
eral presentmeRt of the grand jury just pub
Hshed: 1.-The Commissioners say there have
been taught for the county the fiscal yearend-
ing the first Tuesday in December, 1882,
twenty seven schools for whites and thirteen
schools for the cOlOred people. This number
Tor the whites embraces children taught in
two schools in Taylor, one in Meriwether and
two in Marion county. Children for Talbot
county were taught in one cOlOred school in
MuscOgee county. Into the twenty-seven
white schools were admitted AZ males and 3O2
females, giving as a total of white pupils. 7l9.
Into the thirteen cOlOred schools were admitted
45l males and 5S5 females-tOtal cOlOred pupils,
9S6. Total white and cOlOred. l,1O5, which gave
as indicated by the public school reports an
average attendance Of l,l66 9-65. Pupils in
OrthOgraphy in number were 1851; reading,
l.Sl9; writing, s9l; English grammar. 35S;
geography, 3S2; arithmetic, $50. The school
fund for 1882 enabled the Commissioner to pay
15 per cent. of the public school accounts for
the county. The schools taught in the differ
ent sub-districts throughout the county have
been entirely satisfactory to the communities
served. The receipts for the year were 81
255 40; paid out as per vouchers, S4,0i6 So.
leaving a balance cash on hand of Sl7s So. \
census of the school population, those between
the ages of ana Is, in the county, as taken
by the Commissioner for last year. indicates
the following: Number of whites, 7S4 males.
6S5 females; total whites, l,469; cOlOred males
1901, females l,7l5; total colOred, 3.6lj; total
white and cOlOred. 5.0S5."