The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1888-01-04
THE BLACKS DYING OFF.
fnE SENT CENSUS WIIi. SBuw \
LARGE Deere tSE IN NUNI ti;~.

Formerly SwarminG with Them SOW
Almost Do~pnpuiutcd.
special to the Philadelphia Timcsl
ArGuSrA, Ga, December 2G.-"So !nr
as the negro race is concerned, the
coming census will be an exceedingly in
tercstlng one, iuusmuch as ii Will IN
G~ncstionably dispcl the popular dcIusion
that the colored man is progressing and
Increasing; and hence it may p.obabl.y
set people thinking as to how the cuuGi-
ton cf this people may be really i'm
proved. AS to their progress We who
i've in The very midst Of the negro pop
ulation know that it is decidedly more
r~otro8rldc thar otherwise; wIl'u the
mortuary reports published in the news
pnncra show that the death rate is
&C 'Dlc, treble aud often even stin larger,
than OF the whites. The census g., 1850
was to a grcut extent speculative, on &C
count OF the chaotic condition OF uN,irs
at that period; but the s.rcngtb of ne
race was undoubtedly undrrcstimatrd.
Hence the apparent increase in the t,!.
lowing census, and hence also the ,ulIucy
that the negro population il ierg iy NJ
crcasinR."
The gentleman whose remarks are
quoted above has been, ever Since the
close OF the civil war, II large planter III
ocrovcn county, Georgia, and in support
OF his statement as an uudOubtad de-
crease IN population among tho negroes,
he continued:
"Hero, on myplacc, there were rormor-
~ 50 ncgrocs-to.dny there arc onlv
two! My ncighbur, Major Gibbons, ~
Massachusetts, gentleman, had sonIe 500;
the Wades and the JUncses had sc... 500
each; the ilcrriugtons, 100; the Bos-
ticks, over The Savannah river, some 7UO,
and the Martins about 800. Where mc
they ali to. duy? Why, on the ,iunt,,
tons referred to there is hardly to be
ouEd II negro to hitch up one. horse.
Many wandered 81 into other States
after freedom, but numbers Of C!sum To-
turned, broken Gown 10y har,,Si rs, 80
die within sight of the weeks OK tie
homes they deserted. In place uG or
old-tlmG negroes WC have wal ,rYlrg
tribes OF thrIitluss women and ,0lug
men, who Will rather endure hui rcr FIR
days than do m hours honest wp K 20
earn II good square meal. This ,,atc #
LnnI / oI,.;'" ~ - '''''
nvtnn+ oI,,n"t 90. IN
othnr roarn st,tns ~ "n ~
dnnno tTi,arn W
tnr IS IL. 10 40 '''r1"y
wn,E r,, m, -, ,,;rn - ~ . "' o
Will nix ma flr lie ..t va C' "9
or momou T., ,,,,. C,nI .,;.t' '"N''
NJ dn.nnyotn ,@n! ~ n;'.Ii i'il"
fnod or mnrhI,, M Ill., ,n o., "'o
nnn tLnt me- ,non viii ,nra, t'urr 80
1n ,hn Wv nr ,t,t ! utIy,iI' ,",m ~ :"
wort;nn ~ rInHo5 o.. a. no
u"s nntS $500 ~ ""o
AMI W.T. ~. how. ny, hn" .|ni 80,
loo ~, ,rLi,L' .," IN ,"a' q
resnnns;bin Gmr ,,,4, ",N'.
rccr@riln tnot th;, ,,.nia. - t, ~
nht,iniru rithnr mnIay ,nna nn I"
rnlnr f,I,o ,'rnt.ro,. - ~ " "''''
Fvcn IN ono uhr y;.;.s ,bi. ro,. ,rt,,
world ar,cr mo,r ,n,,., ar ~
nntrnt dat ~ 'Tna,n ,nn,I,,i =,
chorm.d ana ,l..;,T9., ~ ,"n ,I'
dcci,nntca In n~Iocn { ,I, ,,,r..,C
unsonhisEc,tnl an I,mroiosh a,,
.nuutics" orr TO br fnurl - r.,. y, N.Y.
whose main ohirrt om,n,rs ~ ~, ., ~
Tin ilc i'm son,cc ,,nrnnti,. an. n,,tLn. ~
Whit man Givn n..rn ,m,nN ;.,L -
boc;rg fr,. ins,,rnn n,I
Ii,n,uliv etond Inv Nm II |,roo. ar -. :
thnt finn hn is 6HIinu| i, nn.j, ~, ,,.
its brinu Gnmn om%@,h6nm III. nrn
or Otto" dnnn at MI CSTyn ,pSa,pP w
man 4 lob Of wnshino md # y.n ,,;l ~
look ofinr Lcr sL.rrI2y' ,Ln yiIi smoI r,h"t
of the clothing "hdt j,ns mo-, .tnnpi Itas'
coIity srcmst @ w. @ rn,nmnnnnt Ior, 80
the nature of fine couutrv nngrno f t,,l,v
if NOT nf his cit, L]rnihr.6@. ,yIi,n ~
roamino unsettled mnnnrr ml Iifn ,yonIj
almost indicate HINT MINIMUM ',nnI
RIM in tLc veins of thn We 4 rioo"
darkv, or tl,ot thcv sorviIely AMI fn;th'
fnIly initiate NO nnrn,j;c trn;t ~
pcoplc of NuInidio fnr - c,mntry ,i.,Lv
il hero today md TiIna "n ~" a"nN'
at least mauy Of them
There urS. Of conrsc soma r.I;ohIo
nc0rons rrm9;ning in ~, nat - ia
world: bnt tLcsn arc fcw and trnn w."
scattered over a wide nren. Thcy "rc
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