The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-05-03
CHILDREN OF TERRELL.
THERE ARE NEARBY FIVE THOUs-
ANDOF THEM.

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census of the school children of Terrell
county have completed their work and
made their reports to School Commits
sioner Kaigler.
School children embrace all between
SIX and eighteen years of age.
The reports of the enumerators show
that there is fraction more than twice
as many negro children in the comfy as
whites. The whole number is 4, 703. Of
these 1903 are white and $500 are ne
groes. There are $50 white males and
673 white females, and 1888 negro males
and 1862 negro females. The total
male population of both races outnum-
bers the females by 233.
Below is the census as taken by dis
tricts;
There are in the Dawson district
1872 children of school age, 514 of whom
are white and S55 black. There 200
white males and 254 females, and 419
black males and 439 black females. In
the district are Y white children who
can't read and write and 4 who have @ev-
er attended school, and 298 negro chill
dren who can't read and write and 127
who have attended school.
The Bronwood district has total of
85S school children. OF these PIT a,e
white and ISL are black. The white
males number l49 and the females 128,
while the negro males number $50 and
the females POI. There are six whites
who have never attended school and
can't read and write and 235 negroes.
rhe Twelfth districts total is 546, and
210 of them are white and $50 black.
The white males Du0 'e"r 167 and the
females 143; the negro males number 179
and the females 157. There are II whites
who have never attended school, and
% negroes who can't read and write
and 80 who have never attended school
The Eleventh district has total of
365 children Of school AGES whites
and 292 blacks. The white males num-
43 and the females 80. The negroes have
152 males and LAG females. There is on
" one white child IN TIE district who
has never attended school ana can't read
and write, while there are forty negro
children who can't read and write and
10 who have never attended school
The Parrot districts school children
number 2S3, Of whom Ill are white and
172 are black. The whites number 90
males and 81 females, and the blacks 81
males and 81 female There are no
white children in the district who cannot
read and write. The number Of negro
Oh ldren in the district who can
not read and write is but s, while there
is only who has never attended school. |
The Third districts sch ,ol population
is 755. OF this number 149 are white
and 606 are black. The white males |
number 70 and the females 70, while
there are 328 negro males and 278 fe.
males. The distri 1t has 10 white chill
dren who have new IF attended school and
can't read and write, and 200 negro chill
dreu of the same sort.
The Fourth district has total Of 439
children. The white males number 50 |
and the females 81, and the negro males
number 173 and the females 143 There
are % whites who can't read and write
and have never attended school and III |
negroes.
The Forks has So children of school /
age-22 white males, a white females,
a negro males aud 10 negro females. /
There are , white children who have
never attended school and can't read and
write and Il negro children.
The statistics show that of the total
school population Of the county, which is
4.703, . per cent, or 1901 of the mum
can read and write, while 914 have new
er attended school.
The illiteracy, however, is found main
ly among the negro children, as out cf
tot, of $500 of that race in the county
! .101 Of them, on "a per cent, cant read /
and write, and S21 have neveI attended /
school.
There are 6 per cent. Of the white /
school children of the county, or l01 out /
of a total of 1903, who can't read or /
write, and So vino have never attended I
school.
The showing is u0t a bad one for Ter
rell county, but there is much in the fig I
ures in this article to suggest serious /
thought upon the part of all who are in /
the least interested in the educational /
problem.
Sunday Sermons.