Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1885-08-14
LOCAL.
COUNTY And CITY SCHOOLS FOR
1884 1873 /.

THE NTuRER OF CHILDREN ATTENDING
THE NUMBER OF SCHOOLS TEEII
Cosr-wHERE THE TEACHERS WERl
EDUCATED.
&C. &C, &c.
We have received from STATE Supefln-
tendent of Education Il. II. FAIR, ESQ.,, hi
Annual Report for 1888 4. We ind IN
the following items Of interest about
AUGUSTA COUNTY.
The number of enrolled scholars j!
5.198 whites and ,511 colored-total 6, 7O9
The average daily attendance is 3.l2
white and 1904 colored. Of the whites
LOOP and Of the coored Is are studying
the higher branches. There are SO whites
and IS colored supplied with text books
at public expense.
There are IA white and 40 colored
schools open, taught an average of ~
day in the year. by the following
t4achers-white males 81, females II; col
ored males %, females II; at average
monthly salaries Of 5000 for male and
$31. 50 for female teachers.
GRADED SCHOOLS.
The following are the white graded
schools-West Wood, j. f. Watson teach
er, average daily attendance of sch GLARS
IS, open months, cost per pupil per month
96c; Mt. Olive, W. Z. Alexander teacher,
attendance 35, months open 6, cost 90c;
Verona, M. A. Halderman, attendance 45,
months open 5, cost Gle; Mt. Sidney. B..
B. White, attendance Ga, months open 6,
cost Sac; New Hope, John Is. Peale. at
tendance 35, months open 5, cost 81. AZ;
Gilkeson's lat Strlbling Springs.) G. 5.
Shutting, attendance 81, months open s.,
cost $50; Harmony, lat Stonewall,) P. j.
Obaugh, attendance 43, months open 5,
cost SIC; Mt. Zion, lat Mt. SoIon,) DIR. L.
j. Upshur. attendance AZ, months open 3,
cost &c; Fair Play, (Staunton) Minnie
G. Woods, attendance 80, months open D.,
cost SIC; Parnassus, Jas. E. Tapscott,
attendance A, months open 5, cost 73c;
Mossey Creek, Joha P. Kelley, attendance
35, months open s. cost soc; Emanuel's,
(Sangersville,) Caleb Long, attendance Al,
months open 5, costs Goo; Sangersville,
Beniah Vint, attendance So, months open
5, cost &c; Centrevjlle, (MilnesVille,)
Sallie A. Clark, attendance 36, months
open 5, cost 63c; Spring Hill. (Long
GIade,) Robert s. Gamble, attendance IS,
months open 5. cost Tic; Waynesboro, M.
w. Quarles, attendance 65. months open
S, cost 1.2O: Greenville, W. G. D. Wine,
attendance 46, months open 6, cost 81 06;
Middlebrook, }. W. Calhoun, attendance
81, months open 6, cost 97c; Churchville,
R. L. Farrar. attendance 35, months open
Z, cost TIC.
Cotored -GreenvlIle Fl. G. A. Hollings-
worth, attendance 46. months open 6.
cost Goo; Cemetery, (Staunton,) G. L..
Smith, attendance Al, months open 6, cost
63c; Sandy Hollow, J. A. Carter, atten-
dance 80, months open 6, cost e3c; Points
vile, W. J. Stiles, attendance 46, months
open 6, cost 64c; West End, Willis M.
Carter, attendance 81, months open 6,
cost 44c.
FUNDS RECEIVED.
The funds received during the year
from the State, $13, 966.S1; balance on
hand Of county fund Aug. 1, 1888, So $685.
Al; received from county taxes during
wear. S13. 1921; District funds-balance
August 1, 1888, $5,912.2O. and district
taxes received during year, So $3.50 CT
Total, $45, 1852 As
FUNDS PAID OUT.
The amount paid out during the year
was-for teachers wages, s27 ,4l4,38: for
land, buildings, furniture, &c, So 55S.72;
for library, maps, &C., $135 10; pay Of
clerks and treasurer, $1,295.05; trustee
electoral board and county board, 1888 33
for fuel, light, &C., $2,2S4 O9-Total
s3S,070.67.
district levles for 18S4-'5 was s2S, III; the
actual yield was, $40, s09.
WORK OF COUNTY SUPER
INTENDENT.
The days the County Superintendent
was employed were 900; miles travelled
1890; official letters written, $50; teachers
examined, 225; tax receivable warrants
issued, 404; teachers licensed, 2l5; meet
ings of school board attended, 20; visits
to schools, 100; number not visited. 80
Institutes held, 3; salary, $780,
SCHOOL POPULATION.
The school population of Augusta is
divided as follows: Beverly Manor, $50
whites; 625 coIored; Middle River-1 All
whites, 1888 colored; North Rver-1471
whites, 224 colored; South River-1, 343
whites, 67S eolored Riv erheads 1877
whites, 342 colored; Pastures-1 1876
whites, 429 colored. The children furnish
ed text books free are distributed as fol-
lows-Beverly Manor. so; Middle River
Z; North River, Is; South River, 40
Riverheads, 8. and Pastures, IS. The re-
cipients are about evenly divided between
whites and blacks.
SCHOOL PROPERTY.
Augusta has IA frame schoolhouses,
of brick. and Of stone, of which l49 have
suitable grounds, only 70 have outhouses
1875 have good furniture, 129 are owned by
the districts. and the whole are valued at
SCI, 748.
ABOUT THE TEACHERS.
Augusta has So white male and 50 fe-
male teachers between IS and 80 years
old, and 50 white male and 20 female
teachers betNe cen 80 and 80 years. She has
IA colored male and 8 female teachers be-
IS and 80 years old, and colored male
and female teachers between 80 and &C
years; there are so married and 129 single
Of the number, 129 have indicated an in
tention to make teaching profession, and
% have done the opposite; ISL were born
in Virginia and s elsewhere; so have at
tended a Normal Institute and 127 have
not; 81 were pupils of the Public Schools
O. Virginia, and the college graduates
are represented as follows-University o.
Virginia. 2; Blacksburg State College, L