this statement, and coming here, I find its solution. Knowledge is
power, whether its possessor be white or black, and unless the white
people of the South make the education of their children more of a
paramount interest than heretofore, they will find the learning and
muscle, the precedents of wealth, combined in the colored race. The
rural population will find that they need for themselves and their
children a better knowledge than can be acquired from the court-house,
saloon, or the village tavern.

It is an interesting thought, that these students will go from this
institution back to their low-down homes on the borders of rice fields
and cotton plantations, where their fathers and mothers have toiled in
slavery, and by an inspiration that is divine, will dissipate the dark
memories of the past, and will show, by precept and example, that
sanctification of spirit and purity of life will shape the destiny of
their race for coming time. Again we thank you for this interview.

JOHN M. STEARNS

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VALUED APPRECIATION.

B.M. Zettler, Esq., who for many years has been in charge of
the public schools of Macon, Ga., and who has, therefore,
eminent qualifications for pronouncing judgment in regard to
schools and school work, has written the following in
reference to the Lewis Normal Institute of Macon. We are
always glad to welcome the inspection of our schools by our
Southern friends, and are specially gratified with their