The morning times., 1895-09-29

the greater tendency OF the wHite6 to move.
Eight hundred and fifty-fodf thousand
three hundred and ninety-two white people
| came to the South from other groups, and
76,O72 from Alaska, Indiann Territory,
etc. Seven and one-tenth pdt cfsnt of the
South's white residents were born in other
geographical localities. Twenty-Five thou
sand eight hundred and forty native col
| ored, living In the Southern group, were
| born in other groups, and 46, 025 came from
Alaska, Indian Territory, etc. gone and
| one-tcnth per cent Of the Soutlf's colored
| people were born outside her borders.
| 1t would be interesting to analyze the
statistics of each Southern State In this
| connection and compare oIrs with another,
but as space is limited, only few can be
given.
The largest number of colorcd people born
| in any one State first saw the light of day
| in Georgia, the number being S9S, 263.
| Virginia comes next with 832, 1O2, but
! 1t is Interesting to note that where Georgia
| lost 80, 5i6 by migration-94,1 172 to States
within the relative group, and only 5,344
| to other groups-a regular wholesale hegira
has been inaugurated from Virginia TO
| places beyond Mason and Dixon's line, 215,
| $50 having left that State-95,651 TO
| Southern States and 1898 to other
| groups.
Virginia's statistics would seem to in
| dicate that the negroes are leaving the
| South, but she, Kentucky and Missouri are
| the only States which have sent more out
| of the South than TO States within Its Dor
ders, and this is partly because they are near
the dividing line between North and South
and in virginia's case to causes which will
be explained later. The negroes OF these
States, many OF whom live nearer the cen
| ters of population than their more Southern
| brethren, long for exciting life, and flock to
| the large cities OF Washington, Chicago,
| Cincinnati, etc; besides, there is always
| greater exchange of people among contig-
| uous States.
RATHER STAY ATHoME. s
We find that the blacks Of the Lone Star
| State would rather stay at home and drive
! Texas steers than to risk the violsstudes
of life in other States, or in Washington
city with its yearnings toward ambassador
ships to Dabomey, or Departmental Emptier
| of the official Waste-Paper Baskets. Texas
| lost, in proportion, less of ofhercoloredp popula-
ton than any State; OF the 392,6S3 born
in the State only II, ,34s, or 3.2 per cent,
moved away.
Florida ranks next, with loss of OF per
cent. Migration of negroes to Texas, 1O7,-
| 766 (94,s61 from other Southern States.
2,473 from outside groups; 10, ,432 from
| Alaska, Indian Territory, etc., exceeds
that OF other states, except Mississippi and
Arkansas; 121,525 represent the number
who have gone to Mississippi t113,573
from the relative group, 2, ,52l from
1 nj
| there they are more numerous than thewhite
people; two-thirds of the States cotton
is made by negroes, circumstance in which
| they take much pride.
They do not care SO much about trouble
| at the voting precincts as people imagine:
on the contrary, they entoyaan occasional
disturbance, though SUCH dire threats as
| the following are sometimes heard:
Use gwine ter leave DIS ole place, l is;
desc white folks aint gwiHe ter let er Niger
vote. Why, dey stiffs imy ballot To-
| puts it in de box" Il
The new constitution ef Mississippi,
which disfranchised nliter;fte voters, has
been severely criticised as being unjust
to negroes, but its provisions also exclude
number of whites who are in the same
boat, and it is to he hoped that it will
have some effect in forcing the colored
people TO take advantage, so far as lies
in their power. tit 81
Mississippi has been aiittie behind hand
in educating the colored Faces but at present
she is looming to the fr6nt in that respect.
State normal schools have been established
for colored students at Holly Springs and
| Tugaloo The Alcorn Agricultural and
Mechanical College has nearly 800 students.
| The academies at Jackson and Meridian
are in flourishieE condition, as are also
the public schools throughout the State
Arkansas has received the largest share
of this race from other places, the number
being 26. .T16; there being 11S,G0O from
States in the relative group, 2,05S from
other groups, and 5,S5S from Alaska and
| Indian Territory, &C.
Texas and Arkansas, though they have
entered upon an era of unusual prosperity
during recent years, still have vast areas
of unsettled lands. To these the white
| people have been showing q tendency 10
| migrate, thus causing demand for more
! colored labor. Some time past, man
called 'Pegleg" Williams, of Memphis,
| Tenn, began to build castles in his brain
for the development of Texas and Arkan-
sas' resources, and incidentally for his
| own financial benefit.
PERSUADED TO LEAVE.
he preached through advertisement and
| in person the opportunities offered by
these States to the colored people. and
after securing cut rates from railroad
companies, persuaded a number of Carolina
darkies to leave home and migrate to
Arkansas in response to a call from an
enterprsing planter.
This started the ball to rolling, and as
.'Pcgleg" continued to get cheap trans
portation for colored laborers, perfect
avalanche of them swept down upon TeNas
and Arkansas from other Southern States.
In their new homes they received higher
wages, for all the older States, even Georgia
| and Alabama, despiteHtheir prosperity,
| were offering less Inducements to farm
bands than to other industrial workers.
Arkansas and Texas keep pabreastofother
Southern States in giving education to
the negroes. Arkansas school fund 10
larger in proportion to her taxable prop
erty than that of any other State, and
Texas contributes large sums for the edu-
cation of the young. In both States the
colorcd race gets its just proportion of
| the funds, and in each has, besides eX-
cellent public schools, a few colleges,
the most important being the Prairie
| View Normal School of Texas, and the
Philander Smith College. in Arkansas.
| Very few negroes go to the far West;
they prefer being nearer old haunts; be-
| sides they dislike mining, having horror
of being underground. ,,y
| In COmpariDp the statistics of internal