THE EVENING GAZETTE. Barman 1r r1111 Posr Games In NOnwanx as A NEWSPAPER. .. MAIL SUBSCRIPTIONS, DAILY. one year. :3; six months. $1.75; three months. $1.00; one month, 30c. WEEKLY. one year. in advance, $1.00; six months. 60c.; three months. 35c. “.THUBSDAY, JULY 16, 1896. Colored Industrial Education. A correspondent at Winston—Salem, North Carolina, gives an interesting account of the first commencement ex- rcises of the Slater Industrial Acad' emy, founded at Winston by Professor 8. G. Atkins, A. M., as president, with a Board of Trustees composed of promi- nent business men of both races, and with a faculty made up wholly from the colored race, to whose education the institution is devoted. Professor 'Atkins, who has labored tirelessly and at a great sacrifice to es- tablish this important Opening for the industrial education of the colored youth of North Carolina, has won distinction by his success as a teacher for years past, and his high character. practical business qualities and thor- ough fitness for organizing and con- ducting such an institution are abun- dantly testified by the very cordial and generous support he has received from all the leading business men in the community. It has already been demonstrated that the most important education the colored people can receive is that which blends industry with learning. There has been very little opportunity to de- monstrate it because the few industrial schools for colored people in the South ‘a-re yet in feeble infancy, but enough has been shown to prove beyond doubt that when industry can be connected with education, it is vastly more ap- preciated by the colored pupilstand fits them for a degree or usefulnesa that is seldom attained by mere education. Professor Atkins is one of the ripest of the colored teachers in'the entire South, and he has studied the problem of the educational advancement of the colored race from the most practical standpoint. His effort to establish the Slater Industrial Academy at .Winston, which is side by side with Salem, the greati Moravian centre of education in the South, commanded such general confidence from the people that the ' State has included the institution as one of its normal school, and makes an annual appropriation for its support. He hasjust laid the coner-stone for a much needed new building that will be largely constructed by the labor of his own pupils. The first graduation class of the Slater Industrial Academy presented the fruits of industrial education. Pupils were clad in shoes of their own make within the institution, and the female pupils appeared in the apparel made within their own circle, and on every side could be witnessed the liberal advancement in various channels of industry by Professor Atkins’ well edu- 01ted pupils. In addition to this industrial educa- tion within the school, the institution owns a large amout of ground admira- bly located in a suburb of Winston, where the neatest cottages are owned . and occupied by colored families, and all are models of neatness in every respect. They demonstrate that the home of the progressive colored man as well as~ that of the white man must always be neat and attractive. Thus in every way the Slater Academy is per- forming its beneficent work, and itis now only a question of how rapidly it shall grow, and to what extent this great benefactionican advance. We note with uncommon interest the wonderful work they have accom- plished. g..- Andree‘s Balloon House. . LONDON, July 16.—A dispatch received here from Hammerfest, Norway, says that a party of tourists who arrived there from Danes island today report that Herr An- drea’s balloon house, from which he has planned to set out on his aerial voyage to the north pole, will not be ready before August. The Trouble In Crete. ATHENS, July 16. —-A dispatch received here from the Island of Crete says that the Turkish authorities there are gradually extending the military zone and occupy- ing new positions daily. Many excesses are being committed by the Turks. Valkyrie III Sails For Europe. New YORK, July 16. -—Lord Dunraven’ s yacht Valkyrie III left Erie basin, Brook- lyn, today and passed out at quarantine in tow on her way to England. Captain Dixon, who came over last week, was In command gm...“ _. O wr-Advertise in the Gstrrn. THE OPENING OF THE REBELLION. A Time when Patriotism was °Rampant In Every Northern Town 1111 (1 City. To remember the incidents of the o' ening of the great Civil War between the N 01 th and the South at all v1V1d1y one must now be nearing or already pa st the age Of forty. Those were times which left deep impressions upon the mind of the young, and it is probable that neither the lising nor any succe eed ing generation will ever see the country wrought to such a. high tension of pa- triotism as was experienced in 1861. The same feelings of intense loyalty pervaded every section of the North, both east and west, and soldiers seemed more numerous than citizens. The scenes at the modest little town of Ga. lens, 111., as described by its illustra- tions, were repeated in every hamlet and vi lage. General Grant’s personal recollections of the call for troops were given in his Memoirs, from which we quote: The 4th of March, 1861. came and Abraham Lincoln was sworn to main tain the Union against all its enemies. The secession of one State after another followed, until eleven had gone out. 1 On the 11th of April, Fort Sumter, a. national fort in the harbor of Charles- town, South Carolina, was fired upon by the Southerners, and a. few days af- ter was captured. Upon the firing of Fort Sumter, President Lincoln issued his first call for the troops and [soon after a proclamation convening Con— gress in extra. session. The call was for 75,000 volunteers for ninety days’ ser- vice. If the shot from Fort Sumter “was heard around the world,” the call of the President for 75,000 men was heard throughout the Northern States. There was not a State in the North of a million inhabitants that would not have furnished the entire number, faster than arms could have been supplied to them had it become necessary. As soon as the news of the call for volun- teers reached Galena, posters were stuck up calling for a meeting of the citizens at the court house in the even- ing. Business ceased entirely; all was excitement; for a. time there were no party distinctions; all were Union men determined to avenge the insult to the national flag. After the speaking was over volun- teers were called for to form a company. The quota of Illinois had been fixed at six regiments; and it was supposed that one company would be as much as would be accepted from Galena. The - company was raised and the officers and non commissioned officers elected be- fore the meeting adjourned. Ideclined captaincy before the balloting. but an- nounced that I would aid the company in every way I could, and would be found in the service in some position if there should be a war. I never went into our leather store after that meet- ing, to put up a package or do other business. The ladies of Galena were quite as pa- triotic as the men. They would not enlist, but they conceived the idea to send their first company to the field uni- formed. They came to me to get a de- scription of the United States uniform for infantry; subscribed and boughtthe material; procured tailors to cut out garments, and the ladies made them up. In a few days the company was in uni- form and ready to report at the State capital for assignment. The men all turned out aftei the morning of their enlistme 1t, and I took charge dividing them into squads and superintended their drill. When they were ready to go to Springfield I went with them and remained there until they were assigned to a regiment. There were so many more volunteers than had been called for that the ques- tion whom to accept was quite embari rassing to the Governor, Richard Yates. The Legislature was in session at the time, however, and came to his relief. A law was enacted authorizing him to accept the services of ten additional regiments, one from each Congressional district, for one month, to be payed by the State, but pledged to go into the service of the United States if there should be a further call during their term. Even with this relief the Gov- ernor was very much embarrassed. Be- fore the war was over he, like the Pres- ident, when he was taken with the vari- oloid, “at last he had something to give to those who wanted it.” Senator Walthall's Story. Senator Walthall tells a good story of himself, which is none the less good by reason of the fact, that the scene is laid during the Civil War. At that time the Senator was a. colonel in command of a Confederate regiment. and had brought his men into position, occupying a sunk en road. A Federal battery was pour- ing shot and shell all around the adja- cent territory. This fire, however, passed over the regiment hidden in the roadway, and they were, to all intents and purposes, out Of danger. On the high bank in front of the place where Colonel Walthall stood was a giant pine tree about a dozen feet in circumference. Acting on the spur of the moment, the Colonel thought a. fine opportunity was presented to give his men an object lesson in personal bravery without any risk to himself. Accordingly, he climbed up the bank and stood behind the pine tree. 1 The next minute a shell struck the tree and sent a shower of bark and splinters fly- ing in all directions, when he overheard the following dialogue between two of his men lying in the roadway beneath him: “I tell you, Jim, it was a mighty good thing for the Colonel that that pine tree was there.” “Yes, Tom,” replied the other, “but if it hadn’t been for the big tree the Col- onel would never have been there in the first place.”—Memphis Commercial Ap- peal. A French scientist of‘ note maintains that a large number of the nervous mal- adies from which girls suffer are to be attributed to playing the piano. THE EVENING GAZETTE CHECKER-BOARD BUSINESS DIRECTORY. NORWALK. Sales For Ilenl. ' VALUABLES STORED PIru Insurance 00. m In Successful 0per. safe DEDOSII valllt ation Since 1860. ‘ OF'THE NATIONAL BANK. No Outstanding Claims. or NORWALK. 1111111qu » ' 3 .- THISOFFI CE, . , . DONE AT GAZETTE ADS. 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