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[ED. FORM, No. 4.] SUB-ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER'S (OR AGENT'S) MONTHLY REPORT on Education of Freedmen and Refugees in Sub-District, State of Georgia in charge of R C Anthony for the Month of November 1868, [in accordance with order contained in Circular No. 5, Bureau R., F., & A.L.] 1. Name of your Sub-District? Augusta Counties Warren Hancock and Glasscock 2. Whole number of Refugee or Freedmen's Schools in the District? 11 Day? 4 Night? 0 Sabbath? 7 3. Location of Schools? 2 Sparta Hancock Co. 1 Powelton 1 Peach Grove Warren Co. Sabbath Schools Sparta Anders Chappell Reytown Mt. Zion Greenwood and Warrenton 4. Whole number of Teachers? 34 White? 3 Colored? 31 5. Names and post-office address of Day-School Teachers? Dr J W S Johnson Sparta and A N Smith Mrs M L Andrews Powelton Thos. B Hopkins Peach Grove 6. Whole number of School-Houses for Freedmen in your District? 5 Their condition, capacity, value, and by whom owned? 2 owned by freedmen they are good, the others not worth much 7. Number of your visits to Schools? 3 Day? 3 Night? 0 Sabbath? 0 8. Number of educational meetings held by you during the month? 2 Where? Warrenton 9. Number and names of places, now destitute, in which Day-Schools might be organized? 3 Mayfield Nisings Mills and at Litner 10. Number of pupils (estimated) who would attend such Schools? about 30 11. Amount which would probably be raised by the Freedmen, for school purposes, in each destitute neighborhood? $15 to $20 12. What efforts are you making to secure the support of schools by pupils, parents, boards of education, or the State government? trying to interest parents and secure good teachers 13. Whole number of additional School-houses, for Freedmen, now wanted in your Sub-District? five or six 14. Could you organize your Sub-District into School Districts, each with a School Committee pledged to carry on schools therein? 15. To what extent would help from without be needed in such cases? the freedmen can support one half of the expense 16. What is the public sentiment as to the education of the Freedmen and Poor Whites? is not improving, the Whites are very bitter against good teachers 17. Are Night-Schools for Adults needed in your District? yes In what way could they be carried on? by freedmen 18. What more can this Bureau do for educating the children of Refugees (or Poor Whites)? Assist in procuring good teachers 19. How long will Northern charitable aid be needed for Freedmen and Refugee Schools of your District? cannot answer I hereby certify, on honor, that I have given personal attention to the matters herein named, and that the answers given are, according to my best knowledge and belief, correct. R C Anthony Agt BRF and AL Sub-Asst. Com., Bureau R., F., & A.L.
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