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Show 'NEOnO EXHIDIT KOtl PATUB, 'Stat y th Atlanta, (I., t'nltenlry n . the I'arla l:p.lllo.. ? 8otae months ago the Atlanta (0a.) university tent a negro exhibit to l'arla for the exposition and list wk socond negro exhibit. with the Mmo destination, mi forwarded by the same university It la aalil by the Atlanta At-lanta tapers to be an exhaustive so-del so-del study of the (leorgla negro, who. eu (Imrgla hns the largest ntt.ro population pop-ulation o( any state. It token as a fair repreeentatho uf the race In this country. coun-try. It Is Illustrated by Tnapa, colored col-ored chart and other device. The (acta ihown are decidedly encouraging encourag-ing not only In wcanl to tho material progress of the negro, but as to hi tstellectual proems aa wall. The Increase In-crease In numbers haa been steady from 1790 to the present time, while the proportion In relation to tho whites iiaa also grown from 37 per cent In 1S00 to 40 per cent In 1890, there being In 1890 over 550.000 nefro residents In nrnrgla. The freedmen of Georgia and their sons own at present pres-ent 1.0S2.22I acres of land an Increase of over 700,000 acres since 1871 and their taxable property Is attested at bout 113,500 000, having Increased In value nearly t9.000.00O since 1175. In the vsrlous occupations Ihs agricultural agricul-tural laborers am still In tho great majority, although there Is practically no occupation or profession that Is not represented by n few at least. Illiteracy Illit-eracy his decreased from 90 per cent In 1SC0 to SO per rent In 1900, and the number of children In the public schools has Increased In the same period pe-riod from seven to nearly 199,000 Thero aro 2.S0O negro publlo schools, with property valued nt $190,010, and about 3.500 negro public school teachers. teach-ers. Tho number of ngro students In different courtes business, classical, classic-al, professional, scientific, normal and lnduttrl.il varies from twelve In bust- ncss to 2,152 In Industrial courses. There nro many other facta shown For Instance, the migration of negroes It Illustrated by tho (leorgla negro. Negroes born In Georgh are shown to be In eery state and territory but one, while negroes from over half of ths stated and territories are now living liv-ing In Georgia. Other point! brought out are the conjugal coLdltlons, the number living In cities, towns and rural districts, and the race amalgamation. amalgama-tion. Undtr this K Is shown thst only 44 per cent of the race are pure Afrl-'sans Afrl-'sans and II psr cent ars rnorc whits than colored. Tars ars aisps of Ids principal Georgia cities Illustrating grepklcaJly tat relative numbers of ttat poor anl th well to do and the .llrlag conditions of all, tad there ars Hra-s volume containing much that U lateraatlng In the way of negro legislation leg-islation ths "blast laws" of flsorgla ftrrun Um earliest times. The work on the trhlelt was dona by negroes Dr. Du Dots and his assistants, mott of .whom are Atlanta university gradu-aUt. gradu-aUt. Chicago News. |
