Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-12-11
THINGS OF CURRENT INTEREST.
An Outrage on Vermont People q
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An Outrage ON VermOnt People in
Georgia.
The Rutland Herald prints this story OF
the destruction Of negro girls school in
Georgia, taught by a minister and his wife
who formerly lived In Rutland. The Herald
says Mr.. and Mrs. Parr are well.known there
and that there is no doubt about the correct
ness of the narrativei
Word comes that a horrible outrage was
committed at Quitman, Ga, on the 10th, OF
which Mrs Rev. j. II. Parr, a daughter of
the late DIR. David Page Of Rutland, and her
family were the victims. To begin at the
beginning, rich Connecticut woman built
winter residence and boarding hotel at the
place named some years ago. finally gave the
property to the American missionary assooia-
tion for a negro girls school, other people
added to the gift with money, and about Oc-
tober 1 last the school was started with Mr..
Parr as principal, Mrs Parr as teacher and
several young women as assistants. About
200 pupils were enrolled and the school -four
ished but the whites in the vicinity from the
first showed bitter hatred Of the institution
and of the teachers The work Of the school
was opposed in every possible way, and even
the sons Of rich men In the vicinity Joined in
contemplate blsckguard acts TO annoy the
teachers. They repeatedly gathered around
the building and amused themselves by
shooting through the windows, and once tried
TO shoot Mr.. Parr, after calling him to his
door All the teachers and some OF the pu
pills, 10 in all, lived in the school brilding,
and at about o'clock on the morning Of the
10th, one OF the girls gave an alarm of fire,
and the cry came so late that the inmates had
barely time to escape with their lives. The
roof had been covered with kerosene and set
on fire, and the burning was no fast that, al
though the inmates ran out without DRESSING
the second floor of the house fell before they
left the yard some Of the girls had to walk
over flames" to get out at all, and, Mrs Parr
writes by the time we could get the gate
unlocked we we're almost roasted. No one
cam5 to our rescue or made an alarm tin the
rafters were exposed and the tower had fall
en- then some white men leisurely appear
ed" The teachers stood in their scanty
| clothing without an offer of help or shelter
or a word Of sympathy until near morning,
when they were given place in the back
| part of store, and when morning came
| Baptist minister, q native Of Michigan, "at
| the risk OF his life and those of his family"
took them in. Mr.. and Mrs Parr finally left
| town on train, and the school will be given
| up. They lost all their furniture, personal
effects aud keepsakes, and only saved few
papers which Mr.. Parr snatched from the
Aate. MRS. PArr IL very wen Known mere,
where she was born and brought up. She
went to Aurora, ILL.,, in 1876 with her mother,
and few years ago married Mr. Parr, who
was pastor Of Congregational church 10 an
Illinois town. Mr.. Parr had to give up his
/ parish little more than q year ago because
Of failing health, went to Texas for the win
ter, and at Austin Mrs. Parr worked teaching
a negro school, while Mr. Parr supplied a
little church there. Both Mr. and Mrs. Parr
were here last July, at the time of Mrs. Pages
| burial.