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now stands, if it suits the convenience or whim of the owners be converted into Churches, and lost to the public as school property. This matter requires investigation at once, and proper legal adjustment. No step should be left untaken necessary to make this the property of the people for school purposes alone. Since I reached this city, as at Raleigh, the teachers of the Freedmens School have held a meeting and formed a Teachers Association. Much good will result from this organization. It is to hold a monthly meeting at 3 o'clock P.M. on the first Saturday of each month.

I am told that the Freedmens Savings Bank here has hitherto done considerable but the importance and reliability of the Bank have been so presented to the people that it will do a much larger business for the future. Freedmen here are for the most part industrious and saving. Many of them are very poor, but no vagrancy is found among them. Wages are small with them and since many of them are barely making the poorest living, as the winter comes on there must be much suffering among them.

Respectfully Your Obt. Servant.
John M Langston
General Inspector of Schools NC