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It is probable however that before completing it, they will be compelled to appeal to charitable friends for assistance.  Warren and Page Counties are equally prosperous with Clark, but for the reason that no large number can be found together it is considered inexpedient to organize schools at other than those places where schools are now in operation, viz:  Berryville, Clark Co. Front Royal, Warren Co. and Luray, Page County.  Although the people are constantly employed and labor is abundant there does not seem to be that disposition on the part of the people to acquire property or homes for themselves, that is manifested by the Freedmen in the first division.  No suffering exists, and the demand on the Counties by indigent freedpeople, if any, are very few.

2d.  For some months past, no cases of injustice to Freedpeople were reported, but so long as local prejudices exist, full and complete justice will not be given by juries.  A much larger amount of evidence than would be required to sustain the

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