The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-02-04

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are tables ststng tts~ uatns-r ~ -,
sons Ia each state aHG I.rrtr.-, -
,-ars OF age ani over. aul e ti-.- a.,
namosr That canuu- Tra3 .r wrIt~. n.
rrpori Tor lsn give Nurfl trronp.
| w.. such illitsFa'rs. lhf. fsal.se,,
namo~r thar has as utl.sr -rAtso - Ir,
ritory racrlI Grsr.fa Afatae. A.
to nearly twice a. man, nI.trr.,-.
arr nail Ito N-w knEl.ra sat. r.,,,,
oiErd, with SN-r thrrr iiur, the psn
nIAtion ui North Carolina N~u .,.
and New Jersey, wtth population
over I've times ttas of NortnG G.ralt,.
have only about tEr-r-ft.urshs a. pnp,
IIliirrais. ohio, Indiana. AID Illt-
noi' hs'r combined population over
nr times .hAf of NORTH Carst,n.
North Carolina Than IN Mtebi
gan, Wisconsin, ssuih halos. N..
brAska. kansAs. MDntAns. wtominr
Utah N-sAda. aud Idaho esmbin.e
though The aggrrgAir Population ai
| these IS Siai-> - n~sriy seven time.
| as great - North Aruilnas Ih-r-
are "a ,iai~s ard TrrrifoFir. .aolud-
ing the pl-trici 81 ,olualhia. In uet-
ulation North 'Aroiiua's rauL
eighteenth. In the nuulbrr Of iii.t.,
| Ates her rank - third
| Comparing the 'litrrai- population
with the whole Population ten rear.
and over, North Carolina. r~r cent
age oi iilit~rAcy B. So. AduIi. rsnl !.
seventh, Louisiana leading with as
followed by South Carolina AZ. N.u
Il fsA
| 40. Georgia SIS. All othrr states hs,.
. smaller percentage of iliitsracy th.p
North Carolina For every illii~r.f-
person out of every hundred ia NJ
braskA, wyoming or lows. Tea can h-
found IN North .aIolina. There nr-
| ItweDty-seyrn states over hall IN.
number in the | nion whose Ill.l.rar,
IL only l-5 Of y orth Carolina. or les.
and tnirty FIVE States whose iliit-ract
10 one half NJ great a. ours, or less.
This includes delaware IA per cent
West Virginia ii.i per cent. MARY
land l5.s per cent. In i-.D Norih
Carolina occupied the eighth place a.
the column Of illit.rAcy. Bot in l-,so
our position Was seventh Not ihAf
illit-racy has increased. IL Ia. been
decreased from 5l1 per cent. 10 g..
per cent. But other States hasr de.
creased their illit-racy more rapidly
notably among the southern States.
Florida 25.9 per cent. from la-u 10 lsso.
Texas 80 per cent in the same lenvth
OF time, Missouri - Per cent New
Mexico 3i.5 per cent. T-nn-.--~ 81
per cent. and Arkansas - Per cent
North Carolina. d.cr.ss. n.s been
s6.I per cent. Florida hA. pAs--i D.,
Us. In $50 Florida occupied the
} fourth place with n prrcrnfag- az 81
per cent. Of illiierAte-. In I~soit- t,o-
sIiion was ninth. with aniy rs per
cent. Bear IA mind that Florida
negro population is only - Ter cent
of the whole. Virginia Also ma. n
larger percentage @; negro population
than North Carolina. 3-.f per cent
yet its iliit.rscy Is lees, 39.2,1per cent.
ULLIIEEAcY oF IHE NAIINk NmtIs
rOPrLArIoS.
The above figures aud per cent. in
clud. the negroes and the foreign inn
migrants. All the Elk states who.-
percentage Of illit-racy !. greater than
North Carolina, except New Mexico.
have larger per cent. 0i negro popu-
) lation: South Carolina. - per cent.
negro population; Mississippi. bs.s
per cent: Louisiana, col per cent
Georgia, - per cent: AlAbamA, "a p.r
cent. II We consider only tie nltiy.
white population of each STATE, while
. the percentage of iIIiterAcy in North
Carolina 10 LEES, our state stands re-
latiyely worse than before. There
were in North Carolina IN ] $50. .5l yg1
native white persons ten years of ag-
, and over. North Garolina'- rank in
this class of population was sixteenth
The number of iliiierates in this elas.
was l.3 5i5. the largest number of All
OF the States except kentucky. There
are four times n many iliiterzts ma
I tive white persons in North Esrolina
Z rs in all New England. where the na-
tive white population - over three
: times as great. There are more in
North Carolina than in New York
and Pennsylvania combined. wber-
: this class OF population IL nearly nine
] times as great; more than 10 Ohio and
: Indiana combined. The ter States Of
4 Illinois. Michigan, Wisconsin. Minn--
a sofa, Iowa, North Dakota. south Da-
4 kota, Nebraska. hans;s and Califor-
mia have m aggregate native whit
population over ten times ss great As
North Carolina, yet throughout
these States there are fewer iiliterst--
D among this class Of population than
: among the white people Of North Car
Q olina. South Carolina and Georgiz
q together have fewer illiterate white
9 persons in North Carolina D-lAwar.
Maryland, District of Columbia, Nir-
ginia and Florida together fall short
z Of North Caroiina's nnmDer of whit.
' illiterates, but their aggregate native
> white population il over two time
North Carolipa's. North Carolina
has more white illitsrats. thAA Ala
bama and Mississippi together, tboul b
their white population IS greater, mo; .
: than Louisiana and Texas. whos-
:, combined whit. population is about
g twice North Carolina.
In percentage Of iiliter.cy Of this
!. class North Csrolina ranks second
With 23.I per cent. II is surpassed
. only by New Mexico with a. per
lcent. But New Mexico IN 1870 hac
1.-THE enormous percentage OF SOS per
: cent, North Caroiina 80. per cent.
!, Massachusetts and Nevada have less
4 than / per cent of iiliterscy Of ;hi.
, class OF population. There are IL
. states with less than : per cent.
"a States whose nliterscy Of this cias.
In loss than hall a great as North
Carolina's. Among these are MARY
land So per cent: Delaware. s.2 per
: cent: Missouri, IS Pc. cent; Arixoua.
. ~ per cent: Texas, 50 per cent. I:
Q | Florida. ll.3 per cent: and Missis-
. sippi's il about half of North Caro-
a iina's, being ll3 per cent. West yir-
eiuia's 10 q little over half, l2.s per
-Icept. In ls.0 Florida Was next to
y North Carolina, occupying the third
: place with . percentage of 7sS per
b cent. II has steadily decreased its IL
. Iiteracy, having fallen 20 ninth place
lin 1850 and TO thirteenth place in 1890.
d North Carolina was second in $50
o second in 1880.
Ill CACsB OF ILLITBRACr.
ri The cause Of this large per cent oi
p ilIiteracy 10 seen when We compare II
a school terms Of other States with