The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-04-24

tilese bstiletlc SeHtiSiii"H.
These gentlemen do not seenrto be
aware that the winds do blow and
the rains do best and will destroy
the brightness of this house, even i'll
it does belong to the great State of
Mississippi, They seem to be aware
that these elements have that effect
on buildings about jackson. This
house is on the same hill it was when
the State bought it, The Trustees
have not transported it to any other
hill. The measurements of that
hill will come up "all right"
and ID is not very bald. The
yard has clover on it, and has
had number of trees put out in it.
The fence is not fine, but the most of
it substantial. There are some gull
lies, but none in the front or side
yards. We would like to know where
there is place about which there are
not some guillies?
This report says they examined tif-
teen witnesses, and persons will infer
that all of these fifteen said the Prin-
cipal-Highgate-and his pupils are
terrible set, rendering our town a
perfect negro pnndemonium; WhiIt
the facts are, a number of that fifteen
said just to the contrary; that High
gate and his pupils, as far as they had
| been, or their tamilies-a number OF
! them lived on the street the student,
principally travcled-were well be-
| haved and polite; neither they noI
| their families had ever had the least
trouble with them; they lived OF
these streets amy time they wished.
and never had complained Of any i'm
| pOitpncSs. These gentlemen WerC
just as reputable a5 any Of the fifteen
| In fact, those who testified against
| i[ighgate or the most Of them, said a.
iaras they had seen him on the street,,
or his students, they lad behaved
themselves, but they had heard Others
say ugly things Of them. I'VE Won-
der they did not produce the idcntica
| 0nes.y Iftifteen persons were to tel
these astute gentlemen from Jackson
that they had heard fifteen other gen,
tlemen say the moon was made'out
Of green cheese, we wonder if this
Committee would be convinced thai
the moon was made out of that mate
| rial? We believe those who testified
against Highgate said they did mo-
like his style, but they all bore wit.
ness that heAMas moral, sober, paic
his debts, engaged in 10 brojIs, an'
was smart-tive right good traits o.
I .haracter Tor SAL u terrible fellow a.
this report make" him out. Had tn,
| Trustees believed that this hearsaN
would have been taken for evidence.
thev would have had other citizens
present to have testified, combating
Ihesc hcareay, but they had 10 ide'.
of such thing a. it was conducte'
under the form Of Il cOurt-admlnls-
tcring oaths, etc, all probably law
yer,-certainly the chairman was.
rhe Trustees, the ON y persons Wh'
mad ever been in the house, probably
while the school was in session, eN
rept Bailey We're moi put on the stanr
at all. They were ignored. They
could have given some direct evidence
about the manaEcMtrnt OF the school.
| But this was one of the COURT tina
preferred hearsay to positive eVi-
| irnce.
The County Superintendent did say
| he believed thr pupils of Norma
were poorly taught, but on cross eA-
animation admitted that three oUt o
four of his teachers in his coIort'
! school in this t0Wn-thG Miller In
,titutc, his brag roIOrrd school of the
collnty-hud been educated ut this
Normal school, and said that he ha'
had within the last few years 81 ofth,
Normal pupils as teachers in this
counts. Perhaps u little Inconsistency
just along here.
The conclusion of this Committee
was, that this school be abolished
Who ever heard of such propose.
| legislation? Just wipe out a schoot
because the President was distaste
| ful to some persons of the town III
which the school was located. Tho
| President of many schools has been
removed many times without the
school being abolished. The Legisla-
ture had too much sense and justice
| to do such thing, Notwithstanding
the recommendation of this Commit
ice as well rs the evident desire OF
the Governors Through the efforts OF
our senator Mr.. Kemp the same ap-
preparation $4,000 was continued.
rhe school i TO be re-organized.
Now we are not so greatly intercs-
ted about Prof Highgate, although
we believe iiln the best coIored teach
er In The ~tate---but we do not like
| that the world should think the Trus-
tees would keep such "a terrible fei-
low as this report represents him, at
THE head Of a school for eleven years,
or that our town is such negro pan
demouium us this report is calcuIa-
ted to make nersons believe, Prob0-