Pictorial review of the city of Paris and Lamar county, Texas .. . ished in December 1883, by J. EEllis, its present proprietor and editor. The Paris Free-Tonguewas established July 22d, 1884, Tom M. Bowers, editor, B. , local editor. January 1st, 1885 the latter becameassociate editor. EDUCATIONAL RELIGIOUS. The public graded schools of Paris were first put in operation and formally opened September 15th, 1884. They aresupported by a special city tax and a state school fund, derivedfrom the sale of public lands. The total revenue from bothsources amounting to $18,000 a year. Prev
Pictorial review of the city of Paris and Lamar county, Texas .. . ished in December 1883, by J. EEllis, its present proprietor and editor. The Paris Free-Tonguewas established July 22d, 1884, Tom M. Bowers, editor, B. , local editor. January 1st, 1885 the latter becameassociate editor. EDUCATIONAL RELIGIOUS. The public graded schools of Paris were first put in operation and formally opened September 15th, 1884. They aresupported by a special city tax and a state school fund, derivedfrom the sale of public lands. The total revenue from bothsources amounting to $18,000 a year. Previous to the openingof the schools Prof. J. E. Brooks was elected superintendent andtwenty-one teachers were employed. The Aiken Institute, abeautiful brick building, and two other comfortable and commo-dious structures provides accommodation for seven hundred 14 PARIS, AND LAMAR COUNTY pupils; temporary, but comfortable school houses are also previded for the colored pupils. The schools opened under thmost favorable circumstances, and have proved successful fron. *HE WlTHERSJ>Qbtf SSHOOti PARIS, AND LAMAR COUNTY. 15 the beginning. The enrollment in the white schools has reached650, and in the colored schools, 250 scholars, including theprivate scholos, of which there are several excellentones in the city. The scholastic population of Paris is2,100. The system of instruction is excellent, the advancementof the students rapid, and the discipline unsurpassed. Thegeneral results are therefore satisfactory, and the citizens of Paris(may well be proud in the possession of so superior a public school(system. The school board is composed of the following namedSgentlemen: Mayor J. C. Gibbons, president; Prof. J. , superintendent; John Webster, T. D. Craig, J. , Dr. W. E. Dailey, I. N. McBath and Chris Johnson. The Witherspoon school for young ladies is one of the promi-nent and worthy educational institutions of Paris, and has a largejattendance during the scholast
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