Teachers'  Certificates Granted by the Summer Normal Institutes

Marion County  Teachers' Institute

County Judge J. A. Armistead has organized a  teachers' institute for both white and colored teachers of this county, with J. A. Armistead, president Miss Alice Emmet vice president and Shelby Turner secretary. Colored Institute: J. W. Jamison president; Paul Matthews, vice president; J. B. Jones, secretary. The purpose is to build up the schools of the county to a higher standard.